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ANY  business  man  who 
can  make  his  clerks 
or  his  laborers,  his  book- 
keepers or  his  salesmen, 
produce  one  dollar  per  man 
more  than  his  competitors 
has  an  advantage  over 
competition.  The  Science 
of  Business  is  the  science  of 
small  savings  by  Short 
Cuts. 


Whydont  you  go  home  ? 


ASK  the  question  of  a  hundred  storekeepers, 
and    the    hundred    answers    would   be    but 
variations  of  the  same  reply — "Because  the 
work  is  not  done."    It  is  the  purpose  of  this  little 
book  to  show  how  the  work  may  be  finished  so  that 
you — the  man  whose  finger  is  on  the  pulse  of  the 
business — may  go  home  too. 

You  have  all  heard  of  the  man  who  kept  track 
of  his  business  with  the  aid  of  two  spindles  or  punch 
files,  on  one  of  which  he  kept  memos  of  the  rrifcney 
he  owed  and  on  the  other  filed  records  of  the  money 
his  customers  owed  him.  When  a  creditor  clamored 
or  he  needed  a  little  cash 
for  more  stock  or  to  pay 
board,  he  ran  through 
the  "accounts  receiva- 
ble" spindle,  and  set  out 
to  collect  the  needful 

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from  some  customer  who  was  reputed  to  be  prompt 
pay.  He  could  never  tell  you  how  much  you  owed 
him,  any  more  than  he  knew  how  much  he  owed, 
but  he  felt  pretty  comfortable,  on  the  whole,  for  he 
always  knew  that  he  had  "something  coming  in." 
Contrast  him,  for  a  moment,  with  Mr.  Statis- 
tician, who  owns  the  notion  store  down  the  street. 
Mr.  Statistician  lives  on  percentages,  enhancement 
and  increment.  He  knows,  for  instance,  that  the 
percentage  of  Clerk  A's  credit  sales  to  cash  sales 
this  month  is  sixteen  and  twenty-two  hundredths, 

whereas  last  month 
it  was  but  sixteen 
and  seven  hun- 
dredths. He  knows 
to  the  decimal  of 
a  mill  the  profit  on 
a  certain  brand  of 
hooks  and  eyes,  but 
he  doesn't  know  his 
best  customer  except 
as  a  ledger  page. 

Between  these  two 
extremes  lies  the  safe 
and  sane  plan  of  re- 
tailing. The  impor- 
tant thing  is  to  get  the  knowledge  you  need,  but  get 
it  without  spending  hours  of  night  work  on  the 
books,  or  days  away  from  your  customers  whose 
good  will,  above  all  things,  you  need  to  cultivate. 

//  you  could  spend  with  your  customers  the 
time  that  you  spend  making  records  of  them,  you 
could  make  more  money.  The  average  man  likes 
to  meet  the  "boss"  it  tickles  his  vanity  to  seem  of 
such  importance  that  the  proprietor  hastens  to 
greet  him — knows  him  by  name. 


His  Best  Customer  is 

only  a  Ledger  Page 

to  Him 


You  who  built  the  business  know  more  about  it 
than  anyone  else  can.  You  know  wrhat  lines  pay 
the  largest  profit,  and  you  know — or  you  used  to 
know  (when  you  made  every  sale  yourself — )what 
to  showr  and  how  to  show  it  to  reach  Mrs.  Buyer's 
pocketbook.  You  never  forget  the  sundries. 

When  you  sell  material  for  a  waist,  for  instance, 
you  don't  let  the  customer  buy  the  braid  and 
buttons  in  some  other  store. 

You  didn't  forget  these  little  things  when  you 
were  laying  the  foundations  of  the  business. 

Sometimes  the  clerks  do  forget,  nowadays,  be- 
cause they  aren't  interested  in  the  same  vital  way 
you  are. 

In  short,  you  are  too  good  a  salesman  yourself, 
and  too  valuable  to  the  business  to  spend  your  time 
adding  figures  or  analyzing  the  cash  register  tape. 
You  are  needed  at  the  profit-getting  end  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  that  is  the  reason  you  stay  at  the  store  long 
after  the  doors  are  shut  on  the  purchaser,  doing  the 
necessary  drudgery  of  accounting  by  yourself  for 
your  own  business. 

Doesn't  it  come  right  down  to  this,  after  all, 
that  if  you  had  more  time  you  could  make  more 
money? 

"But,"  you  say,  "I 
simply  must  know 
where  I  stand." 

True.  You  ought 
to  know  these  things. 
First :  How  much  stock 
you  have.  Second: 
How  much  money  you 
owe.  Third:  How 
much  money  is  owed 
you.  Fourth :  On  what  Which  clerk  sells  the  lllost  goods? 


The  Weight  of  your  Business 
on  your  Mind 


lines  you  make  your 
best  profit.  Fifth  : 
Which  of  your  clerks  is 
selling  the  most  and 
the  most  profitable 
goods.  Sixth :  That  no 
goods  leave  your  store 
unless  you  have  the 
cash  or  a  suitable  rec- 
ord. 

That  looks  like  an 
appalling  list  to  many, 
while  to  some  careful 
souls  it  seems  only  a  be- 
ginning. But  we  venture  to  say  that  it  is  enough, 
that  it  is  not  safe  to  do  business  on  less  knowledge, 
and  that,  from  these  things,  any  further  informa- 
tion may  be  drawn. 

We  know  that  these  things  can  be  had  without 
extra  work — without  carrying  the  business  home  at 
night  and  trying  to  sleep  with  its  weight  upon  your 
mind — without  hiring  any  extra  help — without  let- 
ting anything  else  get  away  from  you.  And  you 
can  spend  more  time  with  your  customers,  and 
you  can  go  home  on  time  at  night- 

We  want  simply  to  show  you  how  easily  those 
things  may  be  done  with  the  help  of  a  Burroughs 
Bookkeeping  Machine. 


"The  measure  of  your  success  is  your  ability  to 
organize,  and  if  you  cannot  bring  system  to  bear 
on  your  business,  your  very  success  will  work  your 
ruin.  The  average  life  of  a  general  store  is  20  years 
— then  it  fails.  It  fails  through  lack  of  system." 


Most  Banks  Get  Rich 
on  6%,  While  Many  Re 
tailers  goLroke  on  25%. 
What  is  the  answer? 


The  bank  keeps  track  of  the  little  things — every 
penny  is  accounted  for  every  day.  The  retailers 
who  fail  on  25%  do  so  because  they  haven't  time 
to  keep  track  of  the  pennies. 

It  is  the  little  leaks  which  eat  up  the  profits: 
the  clerk  who  forgets  to  record  a  credit  sale— the 
C.  O.  D.  which  went  out  unchecked  and  un- 
accounted for — the  account  which  mounts  up  un- 
noticed until  the  customer  leaves  town — the  account 
which  stays  on  the  books  month  after  month,  always 
the  same  because  the  customer  is  trading  at  some 


General  Store  of  Edwards  &  Nichols,  Spearville,  Kansas,  population  157.    They  use 

a  Burroughs  Bookkeeping   Machine,  having  eleven  columns  of  keys;  it  will  add 

and  list  two  columns  of  amounts  at  the  same  time.     Handy  for  checking  invoices, 

making  statements,  recording  sales  and  costs. 


The  Cupertino  Store,  Cupertino,  California,  uses  a  No.  7  Burroughs  to  make  out 

bank  deposit  tickets  in  duplicate,  trial  balances,  prove  postings  in  ledger,  check 

up  the  C.  O.  D.  and  charge  and  cash  sales,  take  inventories,  etc. 

other  store — all  of  the  petty  annoyances  which 
would  be  bad  enough  if  they  didn't  cost  money, 
but  they  do. 

The  banks  learned,  long  ago,  that  the  human 
machine  makes  mistakes.  They  learned  that  the 
adding  of  figures  was  a  purely  mechanical  process, 
and  they  put  in  Burroughs  to  take  care  of  that  end 
of  the  business.  Not  because  figures  are  in  any 
way  peculiar  to  banks  or  for  any  reason  whatever 
except  that  the  Burroughs  made  the  work  easier, 
more  accurate,  and  they  got  through  so  much 
quicker. 


C.  We  have  sold  Burroughs  to  390  lines 
of  business,  and  there  hasn't  been  a 
Burroughs  sold  for  any  other  reason  than 
those  named;  i.e. — that  it  saves  work,  and 
worry,  and  time,  and  saves  enough  of 
all  three  to  pay  for  itself.  If  it  didn't, 
nobody  would  buy  it 


The  Burroughs  Bookkeeping 
Machine 

The  Burroughs  is  a  device  which  is  arranged  to 
print  amounts  in  figures — any  amounts — at  the  will 
of  the  operator,  and  to  add  these  amounts  auto- 
matically into  a  correct  total. 

The  figures  are  listed,  or  printed,  in  regular 
columns,  just  as  they  would  appear  on  your 
books.  They  are  printed  through  a  ribbon,  in  clear, 
readable,  typewriter  type.  The  operator — any 
clerk  can  learn  to  operate  the  Burroughs  in  ten 
minutes — has  absolute  control  over  the  listing,  and 
can  set  down  the  amounts  twice  as  fast  as  he  can  do 
it  with  a  pen,  This  he  does  by  simply  depressing 
certain  keys  which  start  the  mechanism  and  then 


moving  the  operating  handle  which  completes  the 
registering  and  printing  of  the  amount.  Thus  half 
the  time  of  writing  is  saved,  and  all  the  time  other- 
wise spent  in  adding,  for  the  total  is  obtained  in- 
stantly, a  mechanically  accurate  total,  not  depend- 
ant upon  the  operator's  health,  ability  or  state  of 
mind. 

In  fact,  the  total  is  always  ready,  for  each 
amount  is  added  to  the  total  of  all  preceding 
amounts  the  instant  it  is  printed,  and  the  correct 
sum  may  be  read  in  plain  figures  just  inside  the 
front  glass  panel  of  the  case.  To  print  this  total 
it  is  necessary  only  to  press  a  button  and  pull  a  lever 
—the  total  is  on  the  paper  at  the  foot  of  the  col- 
umn of  items  before  you  have  time  to  read  off  the 
first  two  figures. 

And  you  know  that  the  total  is  correct — you 
never  have  to  check  up  the  work  of  the  Burroughs. 
When  the  total  has  been  taken  the  Burroughs  is 
ready  for  another  series  of  amounts — a  mile  long 
if  you  want  them — which  it  will  add  up  for  you  in 
the  wink  of  an  eye. 

This  is  a  straightforward  statement  of  what  the 
simplest  Burroughs  will  do  for  you.  Everybody 
works  with  figures  more  or  less.  The  only  ques- 
tion then,  is  ?  ,  •- 
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to  you  to  take 

the  drudgery 
of  figures  off 
your  hands. 
What  do  you 

The    Maritime    Dairy    Company,    Ltd.,    Sussex,    N.   B. 

Canada,   population  1,398,  uses  a   No.  3    Burroughs 

for  Daily    Cash   Balances,    Auditing    Charge   Systems, 

Handling  C.  O.  D.  Orders. 


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An  expert  operator  could 
do  this  in  one-quarter  to 
one-third  less  time.  Any 
clerk  can  do  the  above. 


This  shows  a  typical  list  of  sales  made  by  the  same 
clerk  with  the  Burroughs  and  in  long-hand.  The  Bur- 
roughs not  only  does  the  work  six  times  as  fast,  but  there 
is  absolutely  no  need  to  go  back  over  the  figures  and  re- 
check  the  footing,  which  must  be  done  if  you  would  be 
certain  that  the  hand  addition  is  correct.  Try  it  yourself. 


21  Things  a  Burroughs  Will  Do 
in  a  Retail  Store 


Not  only  what  it  will  do,  but  is  actually  doing 
for  many  retailers,  in  all  lines,  throughout  the 
country. 

1  Bank  Deposit  Tickets  made  out  in  duplicate. 

2  A  Daily  Record  of  Sales  by  Clerks. 

3  A  Record  of  Cost  and  Selling  Price  on  articles  sold. 

4  A  Record  of  Earnings   and  Expense  by  different 
lines  of  goods  or  different  departments. 

5  Outstanding  Accounts  totaled  and  balanced. 

6  A  Record  of  C.  O.  D.  orders. 

7  A  Better  Way  of  Handling  Petty  Cash. 

8  A  Daily  Cash  Balance. 

9  A  Daily  Proof  of  Posting  guarantees  a  Balance. 

10  Monthly  Statements  made  out  and  proved. 

11  A  Record  of  Purchases  by  lines  of  goods  or  by  de- 
partments. 

12  Stock  Records  and  Inventories. 

13  Trial  Balances  made  and  proved. 

14  Comparative  Statements  of  Sales,  Profits,  etc. 

15  Auditing  Charge  Systems. 

16  Checking  Invoices. 

17  Checking  Vouchers  and  making  Voucher  Records. 

18  Checking  Freight  and  Cartage  Bills. 

19  Auditing  and  Checking  Cash  Book. 

20  Auditing  Ledger. 

21  Reconciling  Bank  Balances  by  listing  outstanding 
checks. 

It  is  possible  that  you  will  not  find  all  of  these  uses  applicable  to  your  business, 
but  if  there  are  only  two  or  three  which  apply,  the  Burroughs  will  save  you 
money  by  cutting  the  time  in  two  and  saving  all  the  worry  and  the  mistakes.  We 
shall  be  glad  to  show  you  without  its  costing  you  a  cent. 


10 


Simple  System  of  Keeping  Track 
of  Every  Item  in  a  Retail  Store 

Description  of  a  System  in  Actual  Use  in  Retail  Stores 
by  E.  E.  Fowler,  Boston,  Mass. 


One  of  the  greatest  sources  of  loss  in  the  average  retail 
store  is  through  failure  to  charge  the  customer  with  goods 
sold  on  credit.  Many  merchants  use  the  blotter  or  coun- 
ter charge  book — often  called  the  day  book — in  which 
the  charge  sales  are  entered  by  the  clerk  making  the  sale. 

This  method  is  unsafe,  for  two  principle  reasons. 
Often  a  clerk  is  obliged  to  wait  upon  two  or  three  cus- 
tomers before  he  has  time  to  go  to  the  counter  book,  and 
the  details  of  one  of  these  transactions  are  very  apt  to  be 
forgotten.  You  know,  yourself,  how  easy  it  is  to  forget 
details  under  stress  of  a  busy  half-hour. 

For  another  reason,  too,  this  method  is  unsafe,  because 
you  have  no  positive  check  on  the  records  in  the  charge 
book.  If  a  customer  disputes  a  bill,  you  can  only  refer 
to  the  entry  made  by  the  clerk  in  the  book,  and,  after  all, 
it  is  merely  your  clerk's  memory  as  against  your  cus- 
tomer's. And  as  customers  seldom  kick  because  bills  are 
too  low,  you  almost  invariably  lose  when  you  have  no 
positive  proof  of  the  accuracy  of  the  amount  charged. 

The  duplicate  sales  slip  method  of  recording  transac- 
tions has  not  been  adopted  by  many  merchants,  because 
they  feel  that  it  takes  too  much  time  and  too  much  work 
to  sort  the  slips,  and  because  they  think  it  means  duplicat- 
ing effort,  since  many  still  enter  all  items  on  the  monthly 
statement  blanks. 


Wouldn't  it  be  worth  while  to  have  a  system  which 
takes  no  more  time  than  the  old  way — in  fact,  it  can 
often  be  done  in  much  less  time — which  will  do  away  with 
all  cause  of  complaint  on  account  of  overcharges,  and 
which  will  insure  you  the  proper  charging  of  every  article 
which  goes  out  of  your  store? 


1008 


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Groceries  and  Provisions 


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Each  clerk  is  provided  with  a 
book  of  sales  slips,  numbered  con- 
secutively. There  is  an  original 
and  a  duplicate,  which  is  made  in 
carbon  copy,  both  of  which  bear 
the  same  number. 

When  a  customer  makes  a  pur- 
chase which  is  to  be  charged,  the 
clerk  writes  the  order  in  his  book, 
and  tears  out  the  original  which 
he  gives  to  the  customer.  If  the 
goods  are  to  be  delivered,  the  orig- 
inal order  slip  goes  with  them.  In 
any  case,  the  duplicate  ticket  re- 
mains in  the  book,  and  is  turned 


A  leaf  from  the  Duplicate 
Sales  Book. 


in  to  the  Cashier  or  who- 
ever does  the  bookkeep- 
ing, at  night. 

Thus  the  sales  tickets 
are  already  sorted  by 
clerks,  and  a  list  of  the 
totals  on  the  tickets  in 
any  book  will  give  the 
total  charge  sales  of  that 
clerk  during  the  day.  It 
is  a  matter  of  but  a  few 
minutes  to  turn  to  the 
Burroughs  and  run 
through  the  totals  on 
the  various  tickets,  after 
which  the  total  charge 
sales  is  obtained  instant- 
ly by  pulling  the  handle. 


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A  simple  and  satisfactory  ledger  page 

We  strongly  recommend  the  use  of  a  ledger,  ruled 
like  the  sample  illustration.  There  is  no  need  to  enter 
the  separate  items  on  the  customer's  ledger  page,  because 

you     have     the 
original     entry 


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on  the  duplicate 
sales    ticket. 
With  the  coun- 
ter   book    it    is 
necessary       t  o 
copy  every  item 
into  the  ledger, 
because   the   orig- 
inal entries  cannot 
be  found  without  a 
long  search.     But 


The  Old  Style  Ledger  page. 


A  Burroughs  Proof  of  Posting  Marker.     Ask  for  a  supply— they're  free. 

when  the  sale  tickets  are  numbered,  and  filed  by  dates,  any 
original  entry  can  be  found  almost  instantly. 

On  this  ledger  page  is  entered  the  date,  the  number  of 
the  sales  slip,  and  the  total  amount.  (Remember  that  the 
customer  has  an  exact  copy  of  the  sales  ticket  from  which 
the  entry  is  made). 

Whenever  you  make  a  posting,  drop  a  marker  into  the 
ledger,  opposite  the  page,  and  proceed  with  the  next  post- 
ing. We  will  gladly  furnish  you  with  a  supply  of  mark- 
ers, without  charge. 

When  through  posting,  turn  to  those  pages  designated 
by  markers,  and  make  a  list  of  all  postings  on  the  Bur- 
roughs. This  will  take  only  a  small  fraction  of  the  time 
which  would  have  been  necessary  had  you  entered  every 
item  in  the  ledger.  The  total  postings  will  agree 
with  the  total  charge  sales  by  clerks  (previously 
made)  and  will  prove  that  every  charge  has  y  .55 
been  properly  made  to  the  ledger. 

Wrap  the  day's  sales  slips  in  a  pack- 
age or  slip  a  rubber  band  around  them. 
Mark  them  with  the  date  conspicuous- 
ly, and  file  on  a  shelf  or  in  a  filing 
cabinet  until  the  end  of  the  month. 

You  now  have  a  record  of  every 
charge  transaction  during  the  day, 
and  the  work  is  done  so  far  as  they 
are  concerned. 

This  process  is  repeated  for  each 
day's  sales  as  they  are  made,  the 
bundles  of  original  sales  tickets  being 
filed  by  days  in  numerical  order. 


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The  total  postings  must  agree 
with  the  total  charge  sales. 


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W.  D.  SYERS, 

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45 
JL 


A  monthly  statement  made  on  the 

Burroughs,  showing  dates  and 

amounts 


Makingi  Out  Monthly  or 
Weekly  Statements 

At  the  end  of  the 
month  the  statements  are 
made  on  the  Burroughs, 
which  will  list  the  dates 
in  one  column,  and  will 
list  and  add  the  amounts 
in  the  other  column.  Sim- 
ply copy  the  entries  from 
the  ledger  with  the  Bur- 
roughs. 

Tear  off  the  slip  of 
paper  when  the  end  of 
the  statement  is  reached, 
and  place  the  statement 
between  the  pages  of  the 
ledger,  just  as  the  mark- 
er was  placed  when  you 
were  posting. 

When  the  statements  are  all  made,  turn  back  to  the 
first,  and  compare  the  items  of  it  with  the  ledger  postings. 
If  they  correspond,  write  the  total  in  the  ledger,  thus 
doing  away  with  all  mental  addition.  The  items  will 
always  correspond  of  course,  unless  you  made  a  simple  mis- 
take in  copying. 

Fill  in  the  customer's  name  on  the  statement  head,  and 
the  statement  is  all  made,  and  proved  by  the  ledger.  Many 
merchants  have  regular  statement  heads  printed  in  rolls 
for  the  Burroughs,  while  others  use  a  rubber-stamped 
heading  on  the  regular  adding  machine  paper.  Either 
way  is  good.  The  latter  is  illustrated. 

When  the  customer  gets  the  statement,  she  compares 
the  items  with  the  originals  of  the  sales  slips  which  she 
has  taken  or  which  have  been  sent  with  the  goods.  Any 
error  can  be  quickly  rectified  by  referring  to  the  duplicate 
slip  which  is  on  file  at  the  store. 

Some  merchants  furnish  their  customers  with  a  hook, 
or  clip,  bearing  the  advertisement  of  the  store,  on  which 
these  slips  may  be  filed  as  soon  as  received. 


1  2  4  5  8 
20.75 
4950 

1  94.83* 


When  the.  custom- 
er pays  the  bill,  it  is 
entered  in  the  cash 
book  and  posted  to 
the  ledger. 

Many   customers 
pay  bills  to  the  driv- 
er,  or  in   person   at 
the    store.      In    such 
cases  we  suggest  the 
use    of    a    duplicate 
receipt  book  contain- 
ing    slips,    like    the 
form    illustrated,    in 
which  the  receipt  is 
written,  the  original  handed 
to  the  customer  and  the  carbon 
duplicate     retained    in     the    book. 
These  books  must  be  turned  in  every 
day,  and  the  money  accounted  for. 


22.12 

2052''' 

24.74 

24.74 

2052 

22.12 

8.75 

23.35 

6.00 

1  5.75 

3.35 

3.35 

1  5.75 

6X30 

23.35 

8.75 

3.00 

12458* 

2.25 

12.25 

5.00 

5.75 

4.00 

10.00 

3.75 

3.75 

5.75 

900 

2.25 

4.00 

6.00 

20.75* 

5.00 

350 

3.50 

5.75 

5.75 

6.00 
9.00 

194.83* 

1  0.00 

12.25 

3.00 

S* 

Proof  of  the   postings 

of  money  collected  by 

drivers. 


Proceed  with  these  dupli- 
cate receipts  in  exactly 'the 
same  way  as  with  the  dupli- 
cate sales  slips.  The  total 
of  driver's  collections  and 
money  received  by  the  cashier 
must  equal  the  total  credit 
postings  to  the  ledger,  and 
this  total,  plus  the  total  sales 
as  recorded  by  the  cashier, 
must  equal  the  total  debit  to 
the  cash  book. 

The  use  of  a  duplicate  re- 
ceipt book  is  also  useful  in 
keeping  track  of  C.  O.  D. 
orders. 


A  driver's  receipt. 


1H 


Advantages  of  This  System 

It  can  be  used  either  with  single  entry  or  double  entry 
books. 

It  gives  a  complete  check  on  every  posting  to  the  ledger, 
and  assures  you  that  you  have  a  record  of  every  transac- 
tion. 

It  gives  the  customer  complete  details  of  every  purchase. 

It  saves  copying  every  item  from  the  charge  book  to 
the  ledger. 

It  saves  copying  every  item  from  the  ledger  to  the 
monthly  statement. 

It  saves  the  toilsome  footing  of  ledger  balances. 

It  gives  a  complete  record  of  the  business  done  by  each 
clerk. 

It  insures  the  receipt  of  all  money  paid  on  account  or 
in  settlement  of  bills. 

It  saves  good  ledger  paper,  as  a  customer's  account  can 
be  kept  on  one  page  for  a  year. 

It  does  not  interfere  with  the  use  of  the  cash  register, 
in  fact  it  supplements  it  materially. 

It  affords  a  check  with  the  debit  side  of  the  cash  book. 

With  the  Burroughs  you  can  get  all  of  these  safeguards 
without  working  overtime,  without  hiring  any  more  help, 
and  with  less  effort 
and  anxiety  than  you 
spend  on  an  inade- 
quate system.  This 
is  not  a  theory;  it 
has  been  used  in 
stores,  small  as  well 
as  large,  and  it 
works.  We'll  be  glad 
to  furnish  you  a  ma- 
chine without  cost  if 
you  would  like  to  try 
it  in  vour  own  store. 


Wm.  Welch,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  Coal  and  Wood,  Retail 

uses  a  No.  5   Burroughs  Machine  for  Checking  Invoices 

and  Vouchers,  Balancing  Outstanding  Accounts. 


Reca/p  of  Sales 


Clerk  Number- 


Sales 


1* 

2.25 
•5.0 
.49 
.53 

1.17 
1  6.40 

2.89 

24.23* 
* 
2* 


Adding  and  Listing 
Sales 

Whatever  your  system — whether 
you  use  a  Cash  Register  or  duplicate 
sales  tickets — the  Burroughs  will  en- 
able you  to  get  at  the  facts  of  your 
business  in  half 
the  time  it  would 
otherwise  take  you. 
By  making  a  recap- 
itulation of  sales  of 
each  of  your  clerks, 
you  can  determine 
what  each  is  worth, 
thus  paying  him 
what  he  earns,  not 
what  he  asks  for.  It 
is  a  very  simple 
matter  to  keep  each 
clerk's  slips  sepa- 
rate, and  it  is  the 
work  of  a  very  few 
minutes  to  run 
through  them  on 
the  Burroughs,  ob- 
taining an  instant, 
correct  total. 

This  system 
pleases  the  clerks, 
too,  for  they  know 
that  good  work  is 
not  going  to  be 
overlooked,and  that 
they  have  a  sure 
chance  for  promo- 
tion by  increasing 
their  business. 


Clerk  Kumber  — 

5.00 

.1  4 

3.75 

12.89 

2.00 

1.00 

3.15 

9.00 

Sale  a  36.93* 


Clerk.  Member-  —  3* 

7.58 

.25 

.50 

.50 

.50 

3.00 

1.25 

2.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.25 

1.00 

Sales   19.83* 


24.23 

6.93 

19.83 


ToUl  Sales  -  80.99* 


The  sales  made  by  each  clerk 
and  the  total 


18 


'Saves  one-third  the 

time   over    the    old 

way" 


We  check  our 
invoices  in  detail 
with  your  machine, 
and  find  that  it 
saves  us  about 
one-third  the  time 
necessary  to  do  it 
in  the  old  way. 

We  add  totals 
on  .monthly  state- 
ments with  your 
machine,  the  only 
correct  way  to 
prove  work. 

We  can,  in  a 
very  few  minutes, 
run  over  our 
books  and  verify 
our  credit  de- 
partment by  as- 
certaining .what 
amount  we  have 
in  the  country. 

We  make  out 
all  Bank  Deposits 
on  our  macnine. 

We  use  your 
machine  in  post- 
ing all  work. 

We  use  your 
machine  in  check- 
ing the  Cash  and 
Credit  Sales  of 
each  clerk,  and 
in  this  way  veri- 
fy our  Cash  Reg- 
isters and  Cash 
Drawers. 

We  examined 
thoroughly  two 
other  makes  of 
machines  besides 
yours,  and  found 
on  comparison  that 
they  were  not  at 
all  equal  to  yours. 
We  had  them  put 
right  in  our  of- 
fice with  yours, 
and  allowed  neith- 
er of  the  sales- 
men to  show  up 
the  sale  to  us.  We 
wanted  to  choose 
for  ourselves.  The 
result,  Burroughs 
purchased. 

E.  JONES 

COMPANY. 
Merchants  and 
Cotton  Buyers. 

BATESBURG, 
SOUTH    CAROLINA. 


"Believes   in  the 
Adding  Machine." 

Our  machine  is 
in  use  all  of  the 
time  nearly  for 
one  purpose  and 
another. 

We  take  cream 
into  our  weigh- 
room  and  each  in- 
dividual lot  is 
known  by  a  num- 
ber. At  the  close 
of  the  day  we 
take  off  the  num- 
bers on  the  add- 
ing machine  o  n 
the  left  hand  side 
and  the  weights 
on  the  right  hand 
side,  then  cut  out 
the  ciphers  and 
paste  the  two  on 
a  slip  of  paper, 
which  gives  us 
each  individual's 
number  and  the 
weight  of  his 
cream,  as  well  as 
the  total.  This 
item  alone  saves 
u  s  considerable 
labor.  I  believe 
in  the  adding  ma- 
chine and  would 
not  want  to  run 
my  office  without 
one. 
STOCKTON 

CREAMERY 

COMPANY, 
E.  B.  Stowe, 

Manager. 
STOCKTON. 
CALIFORNIA. 


D.  V.  Bismark,  Steamship  Agent. 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  uses  a  No.  1  Bur- 
roughs, for  Trial  Balances,  Proof 
of  Postings,  Handling  Petty  Cash. 


Determining  the  Earnings  and 
Expenses  of  Different  Lines  of 
Merchandise,  or  of  Different  De- 
partments 


Many  stores  handle  different  lines 
of  goods.  Most  drug  stores,  for  in- 
stance, sell  drugs,  medicines,  pre- 
scriptions, toilet  articles,  soda-water, 
candy  and  cigars.  Each  of  these 
is  sold  at  a  different  profit,  and  the 
cost  of  handling  varies  as  greatly.  It 
is  to  the  proprietor's  interest  to  de- 
termine the  profit  each  line  earns  in 
proportion  to  the  expense,  for  it  may 
be  that  he  can  add  materially  to  his 
profits  by  discontinuing  the  sale  of 
candy  altogether,  and  double  his 
space  devoted  to  cigars.  The  same 
applies  to  any  line  of  trade  handling 
more  than  one  class  of  goods. 

By  keeping  separate  the  cash  re- 
ceived from  sales  in  each  department ; 
and  by  opening  a  ledger  account  with 
each  department  to  which  all  sales 
are  credited  and  all  purchases  of 
stock  debited,  the  expenses  and  earn- 
ings of  each  separate  line  can  be  very 
quickly  determined. 

Without  the  Burroughs  this  would 
mean  a  great  deal  of  extra  work 
which  the  busy  storekeeper  has  no 
time  to  perform.  With  the  Bur- 
roughs a  monthly  or  weekly  report 
can  be  made  out  very  quickly,  and 
may  be  the  means  of  pointing  out 
where  large  profit  may  be  made  by  a 
shift  of  commodities  or  by  paying 


19 


special  attention  to  a  certain  line  for 

"Half  an  -hour's  work 

a  while. 

now    done    in    five 

It   costs    money    to    "carry   over" 

minutes." 

seasonable  goods,  but  it  is  often  hard 

We  use  the  Bur- 

during a  busy  season  to  keep  track 
of  the  sales  of  a  certain  commodity 
which  you  want  to  push.     The  Bur- 

roughs   for    check- 
ing    and     tallying 
our     goods     deliv- 
ered.    In  checking 
up    a    load    deliv- 

roughs will  tell  you  in  a  few  minutes 

ered     (three   .dif- 
ferent   grades    o  f 

how  much  you  have  sold  of  the  par- 

butter   and    eggs) 
it    is    possible    on 

ticular   goods   during   the   day,   and 

this     machine     t  o 
take   off  the  num- 

how   much   you    have   left    in    stock. 

ber   of    pounds    of 

This  will  often  save 

an  unnecessary 

each  grade  of  but- 
ter delivered,   and 

cut  in  price,  if  you  can  tell  just  how 

also     the     number 
of  dozens   of  eggs 

fast  they  are  going. 

delivered,     aril     in 
one      transaction, 

with     an     absolute 

Listing  Cost  and 

Selling  Price 

correct      total      of 
each.      The    whole 

work  can  be  done 

Some    concerns    use    a    Burroughs 
which  is  arranged  to  list  and  add  two 
separate   columns    of  figures   at   one 

in  about  five  min- 
utes,   and  checking 
back     (if    neces- 
sary),   in    another 
two      minutes; 

operation.      The   machine    is   placed 

whereas    in     the 
old   way   it   would 

within  easy  reach  of  the  clerks.  When 

take   art   least   half 
an    hour    for    one 

a  clerk  makes  a  sale 

he  goes  to  the 

person  to  take  off 
with    pencil,    and, 

Burroughs,   puts   the   cost   into    one 

if    any    difference 

column    and    the    price  received   into 

in    results,    re- 
quired     a       clerk 

A 

to    assist   in  check- 

— >~~^-~--~^--~-~^-~~~^-~~^^. 

the    other. 

ing   back. 

This   is    done 

This    is    the 
greatest   assistance 

in    our    every    day 

or    every 

work  that  the  ma- 

Co st     Selling  Price. 
.»> 

sale  during 

chine      gives      us, 
but,    we    also    use 

;f  i              .1  7 

11  3  3                    2  .0  0 

the  day,  and 

it    for    all    work 
connected      with 

.29                       .50 
13                       .35 

at     night 

the  closing  of  our 
books   at    the    end 

'3  4  9                    3  .5  0 
780                10.00 
29                       65 

the     proprie- 

of   each    month, 
for  taking  off  trial 

ff  1  6  2                 I  6.9  5 
38                       .75 

tor  presses  a 

balance,    etc.       In 
fact  all  work  that 

25                   '.40 
'•1,162                16.95 

button,   pulls 

requires  any  addi- 
tions. 

11                        .17 
2.4  9                    3.5  0 

the  handle 

We  wonder  how 

55                       .98 

we    got    along    so 

45                       .75 
183                    3  .0  0 

and  gets   the 

many    years    with- 
o  u  t      a      "Bur- 

4,174                60.52* 

total   cost  of 

rough  s." 

every    article 

OAKLAND     CREAM 
DEPOT, 

x.  ......       .^  >-^-^.  ___  

sold  during 

By   H.    P.    Glasier 

Cost  and  selling  price  listed  and 

the     day     as 

OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA. 

added  simultaneously. 

20 

L.  T.  Ventorino,  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  Retail  Grocery  and  Shoe 
Store,  Notary  Public,  uses  a 
No.  1  Burroughs  for  stock 
records  and  inventories, 
checking  invoices,  petty  cash. 


'Burroughs     Adding 

Machine  now  does  the 

work  in  one-fifth  the 

time'' 


We  have  been 
using  the  Bur- 
roughs Adding 
Machine  for  the 
past  year  and  do 
not  now  see  how 
we  could  well  get. 
along  without  it. 
We  use  machine 
for  posting  daily 
sales  report  for 
which  purpose  we 
use  a  wide  sheet 
of  paper.  We  also 
use  our  machine 
for  checking  in- 
voices and  can 
get  through  with 
this  process  in  1-5 
of  the  time  that 
we  would  ordin- 
arily without  its 
use.  Our  weekly 
statements  are  al- 
so made  out  with 
the  assistance  of 
this  machine  and 
our  semi-annual 
reports. 

HARTZ  & 

COMPANY, 
LEWISTOWN. 
MONTANA. 


\vell  as  the  total  cash  received.  The 
difference  between  the  two  is  the  total 
gross  profit  for  the  day. 

If  the  store  uses  a  stock  or  lot 
number  for  each  article,  these  num- 
bers may  be  listed  in  a  third  column 
without  interfering  with  any  other 
operation  of  the  machine,  and  with- 
out being  added  into  any  total. 

If  the  proprietor  is  away,  he  can 
have  the  adding  machine  slip  mailed 
to  him  and  have  a  complete  record  of 
every  transaction  which  took  place  in 
his  store. 

Keeping  Track  of  Outstanding 
Accounts 

The  Burroughs  will  tell  you  in  a 
very  few  minutes  each  night  just 
what  each  credit  customer  owes  you, 
and  the  total  of  all  outstanding  ac- 
counts on  your  books. 

By  adding  the  day's  sales  to  the 
total  outstanding  on  the  previous 
day,  and  subtracting  therefrom  the 
amount  received  on  account  during 
the  day  you  can  know  each  night 
whether  collections  are  keeping  up 
with  sales,  or  whether  you  should 
limit  credit  and  go  after  delinquents. 

Handling  C.  O.  D.  Orders 

This  is  a  department  of  the  retail 
business  which  is  often  much  abused. 
Most  stores  keep  some  form  of  "de- 
livery book"  in  which  orders  to  be 
delivered  C.  O.  D.  are  supposed  to 


be  entered.  This  entering  is  some- 
times left  to  the  clerk  who  receives 
the  order,  sometimes  the  delivery  man 
makes  the  entries,  or  calls  them  off  to 
a  clerk  after  the  parcels  are  placed 
in  the  wagon.  Opportunities  for  mis- 
takes are  numerous,  and  a  dishonest 
clerk  and  driver  may  between  them 
make  off  with  a  large  slice  of  the 
proprietor's  profits. 


A  List  of  C.  O.  D's  made  out  in  duplicate 
with  carbon  paper. 

22 


"Two  weeks  work 
now  done  in  two 

days" 


We  have  been 
using  your  Bur- 
roughs Adding 
Machine  for  the 
past  .18  months 
and  we  have  giv- 
en it  all  kinds  of 
tests. 

All  invoices  that 
come  into  the 
house  and  also 
the  ones  going 
out  we  check  with 
the  adding  ma- 
chine, thereby  sav- 
ing about  75  per 
cent,  of  the  time 
that  it  took  with- 
out the  Machine. 
Again  we  make 
out  bur  monthly 
statement  in  % 
the  time  that  we 
d  i  d  before  w  e 
used  the  adding 
machine. 

The  greatest 
help  that  we  have 
ever  used  the 
Burroughs  for  is 
the  inventory  of 
our  stock.  W  e 
have  just  finished 
our  inventory  and 
two  of  us  got  the 
stock  of  $35,000.- 
00  in  two  days, 
while  without  the 
Burroughs  it 
would  have  tarken 
us  two  weeks. 

Then  again  we 
use  it  for  making 
bank  deposits  and 
also  proof  of  post- 
ing work  which 
has  saved  us  a 
great,  many  dol- 
lars in  errors  be- 
sides the  time. 

BOUNTIFUL 
CO-OPERATIVE 
MERCANTILE 
INSTITUTION, 

John  Stoker, 

Superintendent, 
General 

Merchandise. 
BOUNTIFUL,  UTAH 


'Saves  time    and   lots 
of  head  work" 


About  two  years 
ago  we  bought 
one  of  your  add- 
ing machines. 
VV  hen  I  first 
heard  the  price  I 
thought  it  was  a 
little  extravagant 
for  me  to  buy 
this  machine. 

You  might  have 
people  ask  you 
whart  a  retail  store 
would  do  with  an 
adding  machine. 
I  will  tell  you 
how  we  use  it. 

W  e  check  u  p 
every  invoice  on 
it,  save  time  and 
when  it  is  finished 
we  know  it  is  cor- 
rect; make  up  our 
monthly  state- 
ments; it  is  the 
greatest  time  sav- 
er you  ever  saw 
when  you  invoice; 
I  balance  my  cash 
with  it;  count  up 
my  sales  with  it; 
and  b  a-  n  k  book' 
in  ^  perfect  shape; 
— in  fact  I  find  a 
place  for  it  every 
hour  of  the  day, 
and  I  believe  if 
any  retailer  would 
use  one  of  youi 
adding  machines 
he  would  be  just 
as  well  pleased  as 
I  am.  I  never 
believe  in  spend- 
ing my  money  for 
something  I  can 
do  without,  but 
when  you  get 
something  that 
saves  you  time, 
money  and  a  lot 
of  head  work  I 
consider  that  a 
good  investment. 

O.  W.  KEHM. 

Walk-Over    Shoe 

Company, 
39   South   Mann 

Street. 
DAYTON,     OHIO. 


If  the  C.  O.  D.  orders  are  brought 
together  in  one  part  of  the  store  just 
previous  to  each  delivery  and  the 
amounts  run  off  on  the  Burroughs, 
the  cashier  has  an  accurate  record  of 
what  goods  have  been  taken  out. 
When  the  driver  returns  he  must  pro- 
duce either  the  cash  or  the  goods  to 
the  amount  of  the  total  noted  on  the 
Burroughs  sheet. 

And  the  Burroughs  will  foot  up  the 
C.  O.  D.'s  in  less  than  half  the  time 
it  takes  to  enter  them  in  the  delivery 
book. 


Making  Monthly  Statements 

Customer's  Monthly  Statements 
can  be  made  on  the  Burroughs  State- 
ment Machines  so  rapidly  as  to  be 
almost  beyond  belief,  some  concerns 
making  them  out  at  the  rate  of  250 
an  hour. 

Not  only  are  the  Burroughs  state- 
ments made  far  more  quickly  than 
you  can  run  them  off  by  hand,  but 
the  footings  are  mechanically  accu- 
rate and  the  balance  mechanically 
computed  and  printed.  This  gives 
you  an  excellent  check  against  your 
ledger  balances. 

The  Burroughs  makes  the  whole 
statement,  dates,  debit  and  credit 
items,  footings  and  balance.  We 
have  a  special  book  about  making 
statements  on  the  Burroughs.  Ask 
us  for  it. 

23 


Your  Customer 


Yov 


Your  Cash  Register 


The   Burroughs  is   the  connecting  link  betl 

between  you 


Your 
Bookkeeper 


YOUR, 

BURROUGHS 


nd    your  profits,    as   the  Cash   Register 
customer. 


Stock-Taking  and  Inventory 

This  is  one  of  the  most  important 
uses  of  the  Burroughs  in  a  retail 
store.  Where  formerly  an  inventory 
took  weeks,  the  Burroughs  often  does 
it  in  as  many  days.  Let  one  clerk 
call  off  the  amounts  and  give  another 
the  Burroughs.  The  machine  can  be 
wheeled  around  to  any  part  of  the 
store  without  disturbing  the  total 
stored  up  inside.  Every  multiplica- 
tion can  be  made  on  the  machine  much 
faster  than  it  is  possible  to  do  it  the 
old  way,  and  when  the  multiplication 
is  finished  the  product  is  already  in- 
cluded in  the  total  and  you  are  ready 
for  the  next  item. 

You  can  lock  the  machine  at  night 
so  nobody  can  alter  a  single  figure  in 
it,  and  continue  in  the  morning. 
Whether  the  inventory  takes  two 
hours  or  two  days  the  Burroughs  is 
safeguarding  your  result,  and  when 
you  are  through  a  touch  of  the  total 
button  and  a  movement  of  the  handle 
gives  you  your  whole  inventory  com- 
plete. 

There    are 

W?K"'-''g0wsm  i 

Bur  roughs 
which  will  list 
stock-num- 
bers,  quantities 
and  values  in 
separate  col- 
umns at 
operation, 
will  add 


"I  IBP1' 


Smith  &  Hopper,    Marion    Junction. 
Alabama,    (population    131)    General  .... 

Store,  use  a  No.  4  Burroughs  for  Trial  quantities 

Balances.    Proof   of    Postings,    Bank  ir  i 

Deposit  Tickets,  Recording  Sales.  the    ValUCS. 


one 
and 
the 
and 


"Worth  the    price  for 
making  out  bank  de- 
posit slips,  alone" 


We  have  been 
using  one  of  your 
adding  ma-chines 
for  nearly  two 
years.  We  object- 
ed strenuously  at 
first,  t  o  having 
one  left  in  our 
office,  on  trial, 
believing  that  we 
had  no  use  for  it, 
and  feeling  sure 
that  we  would  not 
pay  so  much  for 
a  machine  for 
which  we  seem- 
ingly had  no  use. 
After  using  the 
machine  one  week 
and  realizing  what 
a  time  saver  it 
was  and  the  num- 
erous ways  in 
which  it  was  in- 
valuable to  us,  we 
sent  for  your 
agent  and  tender- 
ed him  the  cash 
for  the  machine, 
although  he  had 
left  it  on  one 
month's  trial.  Be- 
low are  some  of 
the  uses  to  which 
we  put  the  ma- 
chine. 

We  prove  a  1  1 
our  invoices  by 
the  machine. 

We  foot  up  our 
monthly  and 
weekly  statements 
on  it. 

We  find  it  very 
useful  in  footing 
up  stock  after  in- 
voicing. 

It  is  worth  the 
price  for  making 
out  bank  deposit 
slips,  alone. 

We  use  it  for 
footing  our  sales 
slips,  which  run 
up  into  thousands 
each  day  ar  n  d 
which  was  a  n 
enormous  job.  be- 
fore we  got  the 
machine. 


We  use  it  in  va- 
rious ways  in  con- 
nection with  our 
cash  register,  foot- 
ing up  the  "paid 
on  account  slips" 
and  the  "paid  out 
slips,"  etc. 

We  use  it  in 
counting  our 
checks  and  cash 
each  morning 
when  balancing 
cash,  also  in  tak- 
ing trial  balances. 

There  are  many 
other     uses     to 
which   we  put   the 
machine. 
CRONE  &  JACKSON. 

M.  C.  Jackson. 
Groceries. 

NASHVILLE, 
TENNESSEE. 


'We    use    it    in    more 

ways  than  we  had  any 

idea  we  could" 


We  have  just 
completed  our 
first  inventory  in 
which  w  e  used 
your  adding 
machine.  How 
we  ever  got  along 
in  former  years 
it  is  hard  to  real- 
ize. 

We  run  a  twen- 
ty-six column 
Journal  by  using 
which  w  e  know 
every  night  just 
how  our  business 
runs.  Before  we 
had  your  marchine 
we  had  an  extra 
man  on  the  books 
and  even  then 
had  hard  work  to 
keep  them  up.  We 
use  it  in  more 
ways  than  we  had 
any  idea  we  could. 
CAMPBELL 

MERCANTILE 

COMPANY, 
Floyd    Campbell. 

CON  NELL, 

WASHINGTON. 


A  fairly  complete  inventory  is  a 
very  useful  thing  to  have.  If  your 
store  should  burn  up  tomorrow,  you 
might  have  trouble  persuading  the 
Insurance  Company  to  accept  your 
figures  on  the  amount  of  your  stock 
unless  you  could  show  pretty  good 
evidence  of  it.  It  is  hard  work  mak- 
ing a  complete  stock  record  by  hand, 
and  many  neglect  it  because  of  the 
work  involved.  The  Burroughs  will 
obviate  this  difficulty,  and  you  will  be 
surprised  at  the  ease  with  which  you 
can  get  a  complete  record  of  your 
stock  if  you  use  the  Burroughs. 


Checking  Up  Invoices 

Wholesalers  and  jobbers  sometimes 
make  mistakes  on  their  invoices,  and 
the  mistakes  aren't  always  in  your 
favor  either.  It  takes  a  lot  of  time 
and  work  to  go  through  a  long  in- 
voice, checking  the  extensions,  and 
then  verify  the  footings. 

With  the  Burroughs,  however,  it 
is  a  simple  matter  to  multiply  the 
quantities  by  the  rates,  thus  getting 
the  price  for  each  separate  item  on 
the  invoice.  It  is  only  necessary  to 
run  over  the  extensions  to  get  the 
total,  for  the  total  of  the  invoice  is 
the  total  of  the  extensions  already 
obtained. 

The  Burroughs  relieves  the  opera- 
tor of  the  entire  strain  of  handling 
fractions,  and  the  whole  operation  of 
checking  an  average  invoice  can  be 


done  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  de- 
scribe it.  Some  Burroughs  have  paid 
for  themselves  in  errors  discovered 


'Took  a  22'5-account 

balance  sheet  in-  35 

minutes" 


in  invoices,  and  we  have  scores  01  let- 

I  note,    in  yours 

ters  which  name  specific  sums  which 

of     recent     date, 
that    I    am    among 

the  Burroughs  has  saved  its  users. 

the  first  of  the  re- 
tail .dealers    using 

a  Burroughs.   This 

being    the    case    I 

.^.^   ^       ^  t 

a  m      anxious     t  o 

A   Daily  Cash 

write     you     some- 

Cash Balance 

Balance 

thing    of    the    im- 
mense   aid    it    has 

tt 

been  to  me. 

^1350 

A    cash    bal- 

Before        using 

1  1.1  9 
253 

A  1  ft 

ance  may  be  ob- 

the   Burroughs    in 
proof   of    postings, 

4  '1  O 
35.40 
1200 

tained  in  a  few 

the   taking   of    the 
trial    balance    had 

Remittances  • 

1.35 
8.00 
6.25 
2.53 
19.86 
275 

minutes     with 
the   Burroughs, 
by   listing   yes- 

always    been     a 
bugaboo,         some- 
times    taking     all 
my    spare    time, 
and    much    of    my 

c/,i  -J 
5.64 

•X    0    f. 

terday's       bal- 

nights,     far      into 
the     next     month, 

« 

J.&  O 

.37 

317 

ance     and     the 

and    I   recall  very 
vividly    once  when 

2.75 

cash    received 

I     did     not     com- 

\         072 

mence  my  regular 

Cash  Sal*  8  44.27 
Total  Sales  _1  8  8.7  0* 

today.   This  to- 
tal   must    equal 
the     cash    on 

work    till    the    fif- 
teenth     of      the 
month,   beyond  the 
keeping     of     the 
Cash      and      Sales 

188.70 
Chdixge  in  dr«rw*r  —  .57 

hand    plus    the 

Books.       Since     I 
purchased    a    Bur- 

Totd-l —  189.27* 

e  x  p  e  n  ditures 

roughs,        it        is 
merely     a     matter 

Expense      * 

during  the  day. 

of  listing,    and    at 
one  time   I   took  a 

Ex^e 

S3  —  1  .0  'A 

30 

Your  cash  is 

225-account       bal- 
ance   sheet    in    35 

.25 

Gar  Far  e  10 

the  most  valua- 

minutes. 
Another      phase 

"                  .1  0 
Total  1.97* 

ble    thing    you 
own,  and  it  is  of 

of    my    work    that 
makes      the      ma- 
chine  of  inestima- 

ble    value,     is     in 

CasH  
Expense 

-    187.30 
1.97 

the   very   high- 
est   importance 

taking     an     inven- 
tory of  our  stock. 
As    to    how    much 
time    it    saved    me 

Total  — 

—  189.27* 

that    you    keep 

in    the    innumer- 
able        multiplica- 

accurate       ac- 

tions     and      addi- 

j. 

tions,     before     ar- 

Cash.    -187.30 
Deposit  —  1  87.00* 

count  of  this 
property. 

riving       art       the 
grand    final    addi- 
tion  I  again  must 

Charge 

.30* 

Moreover   it   is 

refer  you  to  pres- 
ent    as     compared 

^     property  which 

with      former     in- 
ventories. 

A  summary  of^the  day's          jg   easJly  carried 

See  next  page 

When  it  comes 
to  measuring  the 
benefit,  I  can  only 
say  that  if  I  am 
ever  to  figure  »n 
extensive  inven- 
tory, and  can  use 
a  Burroughs  only 
by  renting  it,  I 
will  gladly  pay 
$25.00  out  of  my 
own  funds  rather 
than  b  e  without 
it. 

HOWARD     MARTIN, 
President    and 

Accountant, 
Paragould     Lum- 
ber &  Supply 
Company. 
Building  Material. 
PARAGOULD, 
ARKANSAS. 


Find  it   indispensable 
in  my  daily  work" 

I  am  delighted 
with  my  adding 
machine  and  find 
it  indispensable  in 
my  daily  work. 

It  is  ever 
ready —  absolutely 
errorless  and  sim- 
plicity itself. 

M  y      employees 

fet  fatigued  and 
rain-tired  and 
make  errors,  but 
the  little  Bur- 
roughs corrects 
them  all. 

I  use  it  for 
nearly  everything 
— making  out  de- 
posit slips — adding 
cash  sales  —  In- 
voices —  listing 
checks  —  taking 
balances  and 
proving  every  bit 
of  my  bookkeep- 
ing work  every 
day. 

I  simply  can 
not  do  without  it. 
No  clerk  in  mv 
house  is  more  val- 
uable to  me  than 
this  machine. 

Jos.  ANDERSON. 
Drugs. 

CHATTANOOGA, 
TENNESSEE. 


away,  and  the  daily  balance  will 
show,  at  the  cost  of  very  little  time 
and  work,  if  anything  is  wrong. 

If  you  do  not  know  whether  any- 
thing is  wrong,  you  do  not  know  that 
everything  is  right,  and  it  is  n.ot  pos- 
sible to  look  for  errors  if  we  do  not 
know  that  they  exist.  The  Bur- 
roughs will  tell  you. 


Checking  Your  Charge  System 

Merchants  who  use  special  charge 
systems  in  which  the  total  of  previous 
purchases  is  brought  forward  and 
added  to  the  purchases  for  the  day, 
will  find  the  Burroughs  especially 
useful.  Often  mistakes  are  made  in 
bringing  forward  the  balances,  and 
these  mistakes  are  as  apt  to  cost  you 
money  as  to  cost  the  customer.  If 
you  lose,  there  is  no  recourse.  The 
money  is  gone.  If  you  overcharge 
the  customer,  you  know  what  hap- 
pens. Either  way  you  lose  money, 
and  you  may  lose  the  customer  en- 
tirely. 

The  Burroughs  will  check  the  foot- 
ings, prove  that  your  figures  arc- 
right,  and  do  it  on  your  regular 
statement  blank  if  you  prefer,  thus 
giving  your  customer  an  unquestion- 
able list  of  her  items  and  an  accurate 
total.  You  know  how  often  yon 
pocket  a  loss  on  a  disputed  bill 
rather  than  risk  losing-  the  customer. 

It  is  but  a  matter  of  a  few  minutes 
to  run  off  a  list  of  all  outstanding  ac- 
counts from  your  cabinet  which  gives 
you  the  exact  total  of  money  due  you 


from  your  customers.  By  making 
this  list  every  day,  comparison  with 
the  list  of  the  previous  day  will  show 
you  whose  accounts  have  changed, 
and  how.  This  will  enable  you  to 
look  up  the  accounts  which  remain 
stationary  day  after  day,  which  may 
indicate  that  the  customer  has  gone 
to  some  other  store,  leaving  you 
stuck  for  the  balance. 

The  Burroughs  provides  the  ounce 
of  prevention  which  is  worth  many 
pounds  of  bad  accounts. 


A  Check  on  Petty  Cash 

Carelessness  or  dishonesty  in  the 
handling  of  petty  cash  items  is  a  fre- 
quent source  of  loss.  The  items  are 
small,  it  is  true,  but  in  the  aggregate 
they  help  pull  down  profits  consider- 
ably. And  a  series  of  petty  thieveries 
unchecked  may  pave  the  way  to  rob- 
bery on  a  more  elaborate  scale.  Pro- 
tect yourself  and  protect  your  clerks 
by  setting  a  watch  on  your  petty 
cash. 

The  Burroughs  Imprest  Cash 
System  will  keep  track  of  every  item 
of  petty  cash  without  adding  an  un- 
reasonable amount  of  work  to  any 
part  of  your  staff.  It  is  a  simple 
system,  but  it  works. 

If  you  will  tell  us  that  you  would 
like  to  know  about  it,  we'll  gladly 
send  you  a  full  description  and  ex- 
planation at  no  cost  to  you  and  with- 
out obligating  you  in  the  least. 

30 


'Not  only  a  time-saver 

but    it    is    accuracy 

itself" 


I  find  that  the 
Burroughs  does 
all  that  is  claimed 
for  it  and  more, 
too,  as  I  would 
not  be  without 
one  should  it  cost 
the  price  twice 
over,  for  not  only 
is  it  a  time  saver, 
but  it  is  accuracy 
itself. 

We  use  it  for 
tabulating  the 
credit  sales,  f  o  r 
checking  u  p  in- 
voices, in  taking 
stock  and  find  it 
satisfactory  not 
only  to  ourselves 
in  settling  with 
our  customers,  but 
they  themselves 
are  always  satis- 
fied, accepting  the 
work  done  by  the 
machine  as  cor- 
rect in  every  par- 
ticular. 

We  would  not 
attempt  to  do 
business,  however 
small  that  busi- 
ness might  be, 
without  a  Bur- 
roughs, amd  we 
consider  that  it 
not  only  saves 
time  but  where  a 
merchant  does  any 
credit  business  it 
is  a  money  saver 
in  accuracy  with 
which  accounts 
ire  handled. 

SCOTT   & 

COMPANY, 
Per   A.    C.    Ba-ze, 
Treasurer    and 

Secretary. 


Staple  and   Fancy 
Groceries. 


BRADY,  TEXAS. 


Rudolph  Grocery  Store, 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  uses  a 
Burroughs  No.  7  Machine 
for  checking  invoices,  trial 
balances,  proof  of  postings. 


'Would  not  be  with- 
out it" 


We  use  our  Bur- 
roughs for  every 
purpose  where  it 
i  s  necessary  t  o 
check  anything, 
both  in  addition 
and  subtraction, 
and  multiplication, 
also  when  selling 
any  item  of  large 
amount  where  we 
are  liable  to  make 
error.  We  use  it 
in  connection  with 
our  cash  register 
in  checking  each 
man's  sales,  and 
it  is  impossible  to 
tell  you  the  exact 
saving  of  time. 
Where  it  some- 
times takes  only 
half  an  hour,  with 
the  machine,  it 
would  take  a  full 
day  without  i  t. 
We  would  not  be 
without  it .  No 
one  can  realize 
the  saving  o  f 
time,  the  ease  of 
mind  derived  from 
the  use  of  the 
machine,until  they 
have  used  it. 

WM.    BREWER. 
Groceries. 

CLEBURNE, 
TEXAS. 


Proving  Daily  Postings 

This  is  a  question  of  very  funda- 
mental importance  to  any  merchant. 
One  of  the  most  fertile  sources  of 
disputes  with  customers  is  inaccuracy 
in  charging  items.  Frequently  money 
paid  on  account  is  posted  as  a 
debit,  added  to  the  customer's  bill, 
and  he  is  not  only  asked  to  pay  it 
over  again,  but  to  pay  double.  This 
isn't  so  hard  to  do  as  you  may  think, 
and  the  customer  isn't  pleased,  to  say 
the  least. 

Sometimes  the  wrong  amount  is 
posted.  If  it  is  too  small  you  never 
hear  of  it,  and  if  it  is  too  large — you 
do! 


The  Burroughs  Proof  of  Posting 
system  will  prove  beyond  the  question 
of  a  doubt  that  every  posting  to  the 
ledger,  both  debit  and  credit,  is  cor- 
rect, and  also  that  the  footings  in 
the  day  book,  cash  book,  or  whatever 
the  medium  from  which  the  postings 
were  taken,  are  correct.  Think  of 
what  this  means  when  you  come  to 
take  your  trial  balance. 

The  system  takes  space  to  describe, 
though  only  a  few  minutes  to  oper- 
ate, and  there  isn't  room  in  a  book 
like  this  to  tel.1  all  about  it.  Just 
say  you  would  like  to  know  this  sure 
method  of  keeping  your  customers 
pleased  and  safeguarding  your  re- 
sults. It  costs  nothing  to  say  that 
you  are  interested. 


Trial  Balances 

''Did  the  work  in  a  few 

Many    storekeepers    do    not    take 

minutes  that  formerly 
took  hours  of  steady 

trial  balances  at  all,  not  because  they 

labor" 

do  not  realize  the  value  of  the  trial 

We     have     had 

balance,    but    because    it    takes    too 

our     machine     a 
little    over    one 

much  time  and  is  too  hard  work.  The 

year    and    would 

not    part    with    it 

navigator   does   not   like   to   sail   by 

for.    twice     the 

dead  reckoning,  and  the  storekeeper 

price,  provided  we 
could     not     get 

does  not  like  to  go  without  a  trial 

another. 
We     check     in- 

balance to  show  him  where  he  actually 

voices      with      i  t, 
save    one-half    the 

is.      But   without   the   Burroughs   a 
trial   balance 

time    and    know 
we   are   absolutely 
correct.     We  have 

taken    two    inven- 

Debits           Credits 

a                                   * 

is     liable    to 
be    a    tough 

tories   with  the 
machine  and  in  a 
few   minutes    did 

35.35                           60.00 
2  6  3.6  9 

proposition. 

the     work     that 
formerly        took 

425.89                                5  DO 
5300                            45.00 

If,   h  o  w- 

hours  of  steady 
labor. 

.37 

Gv  e  r       t  h  P 

Our  "  main     use 

4  1  .5  8 
4,157.76                            37.45 
4  2  4  .7  8                     5,  0  0  0  .0  0 
52.00                                6.35 
50.00                       .525.86 

V    C    1  ,            L   11    C 

B  u  r  roughs 
Daily    Proof 

of  the  machine  is 
our     cotton     busi- 
ness.    We   handle 
thousands  of  bales 

500  -OO                             4  0  .0  0 
4  2.60 

of    Postings 

cotton    each    year 
and    the    weights 

3  4.00 
45.00 

system      has 

are   the    most    im- 
portant   factor    in 

3  7  .4  7 
47.63                             34.53 
3  2  4  .0  7 

been     used 

the     cotton     busi- 
ness.     With    the 

4,250.70                             40.00 
60.00                             60.00 

and  the  deb- 

help of  the  adding 
machine    we    have 

7,  0  0  0  .0  0                             7  5  -0  0 
5150                     A,  24859 
53.68                                4.25 
5  8  .0  0                                   .64 
7.00                             35-00 
65.00                            59.39 

its  and  cred- 
its are  listed 
on   the   Bur- 

n o     difficulty     i  n 
keeping        the 
weights     correctly. 
We     believe     this 
item     alone    has 

315.09          •                    3.00 
97.70                                2.73 

roughs,     the 

saved    us    many 
times      over      the 

9.4O 
9.40                             4-0.00 

trial  balance 

cost    of    our    ma- 
chine. 

7.40 
4  .0  8                              5  .0  0 

is    simply    a    - 

W.    F.    EDWARDS 

6-07 
40.60                       425.85 
406.00                           53:79 
50.60                     3,139.40 

matter   of 
transcribing 

&  COMPANY. 
GOREE,  TEXAS. 

6  2.7  7                    '1,0  4  2.O4 
10,200.00 

the    amounts 

7  0  .0  0                                6.7  5 

XSBHKHMMBHIIHjjjHB^IH 

75.00                                5.26 

c  o  r  r  e  c  tly 

36.OO                             45.35 

J 

.25                             83-21 

from     the 

^^^H^^KPSni^^B 

3,1  40.68 
660.00                         1OO.OO 
7.0  0 

ledger  to  the 

—i   1 

8  .0  0                               1  .0  0 
6  3  &  .8  5                              9  .0  0 

Bur  roughs 

fKjjjjSfjSSi 

63.30                        990.00 

sheet.     If  the 

HI  •'•  "  '  "^H"  PP^ 

5,729.18                     3,000.00 

H  1  •  '""*  '  •••llflr 

29,474.44*               29,474.44* 

daily      post- 

iLiiiv. 

Trial  Balance 

ings      have 

been     proved 

BKHaiEm 

3* 

Roy  McAllister,    Retail    Gro- 

cer,   Weldon,    Iowa,   uses   a 

Burroughs  for  Daily  Record  of 

Sales,  Outstanding  Accounts, 

Trial  Balance. 

'Our  machine    has 
become  a  necessity" 


Our  Burroughs 
has  more  than 
come  up  to  our 
expectations  and 
we  find  a  new  use 
for  it  most  every 
day,  and  it  less"- 
ens  work  as  we 
learn  more  about 
it  amd  its  new 
uses. 

We  take  inven- 
tory, check  in- 
voices, make  de- 
posit slips,  run 
daily  sales,  and 
our  bookkeeper 
finds  a  use  for  it 
every  few  minutes 
during  the  day. 
I  n  taking  our 
January  inventory 
we  saved  in  ac- 
tual dollars  and 
time  $25.00  a  n  d 
did  not  have  to 
work  afterwards 
with  long  col- 
umns of  addition 
as  heretofore. 

Our  machine 
has  become  a  ne- 
cessity and  we 
would  not  part 
with  it. 
JONES  CLOTHING 

COMPANY, 

B.  U.  Jones. 

TAMPA, 

FLORIDA. 


>rand  Forks  (N.  Dak.)  Steam 
Jtandry  uses  a  No.  4  Burroughs 
or  Checking  Up  Credit  System, 
)aily  Cash  Balances,  Handling  C 
O.  D's,  Trial  Balance. 


there  is  no  possibility  of  an  error  ex- 
cept in  transcribing.  The  Bur- 
roughs will  list  the  items  on  the  bal- 
ance sheet  in  one  quarter  the  time  it 
can  be  done  by  hand,  and  the  total 
is  obtained  instantly. 

Isn't  this  better  than  spending 
hours  overtime  or  going  without  a 
trial  balance  entirely?  We'll  be  glad 
to  tell  you  more  about  the  Burroughs 
trial  balance  system  if  you  will  say 
you  would  like  to  know. 

Other   General   Uses 

Bank  Deposit  Tickets 

Many  people  make  a  copy  of  the 
daily  deposit  ticket  on  the  back  of  the 
stub  of  their  check  book.  Others 
make  a  copy  by  hand. 

The  Burroughs  will  furnish  the 
ticket  in  duplicate  with  no  extra 
work,  and  in  one  sixth  the  time  it 
takes  to  make  one  copy  by  hand. 

This  is  a  small  matter  perhaps,  but 
it  is  the  aggregate  of  small  matters 
which  makes  up  your  profits. 

Reconciling  Your  Bank  Balances 

When  the  bank  returns  your  pass 
book  with  your  cancelled  vouchers, 
the  book  usually  shows  a  bigger  bal- 
ance than  is  actually  to  your  credit 
because  there  are  checks  outstanding 
which  have  not  yet  been  presented 
to  the  bank  for  payment.  To  check 
the  bank's  figures  against  your  own 
you  must  include  these  outstanding 
checks  which  the  bank  cannot  include 


for  it  has  no   record   of  them  until 
they  are  presented. 

The  Burroughs  makes  this  easy, 
thus  enabling  you  to  know  at  all 
times  the  exact  state  of  your  bank 
account,  and  to  check  every  entry  on 
your  check  book. 

A  Record  of  Purchases  by  Depart- 
ments 

Items  on  incoming  invoices  can  be 
arranged  and  totaled  according  to 
lines  of  goods  or  different  depart- 
ments, thus  giving  you  a  comparative 
statement  of  expense  in  different  de- 
partments. The  Burroughs  will  do 
this  in  one  sixth  the  time  it  can  be 
done  by  hand. 


Comparative  Statements 

You  can  readily  get  with  the  Bur- 
roughs, a  statement  of  your  gross 
business,  expenses  and  gross  and  net 
profits  for  the  month,  weekly  or 
daily.  In  this  way  you  are  able  to 
compare  this  year's  business  with  the 
same  period  last  year,  and  know 
whether  your  business  is  enjoying  a 
normal  growth. 

This  information  is  especially  val- 
uable when  you  are  considering  a 
change  of  policy,  increased  advertis- 
ing, or  any  means  of  promoting  an 
increase  of  sales. 

Without  the  Burroughs  these 
statements  are  difficult  to  get,  and 
take  a  great  deal  of  time. 

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Bradley  &  Edwards,  General  Sto 
Lapine,  Alabama,  population  2t< 
use  a  No.  3  Burroughs  for  recoi 
in  Earnings,  Expenses,  Sales  a 
Costs,  Checking  Invoices. 


"Saves  me  many 
dollars." 


I  have  a  style 
No.  7  Burroughs 
Adding  Machine, 
on  which  I  do  all 
my  adding,  such 
as  Estimates  on 
Lumber  quoted  in 
Lump  Bills  —  and 
my  monthly  Sales, 
in  fact  all  adding 
of  over  three  or 
four  items.  My 
experience  since 
owning  the  adding 
machine,  some- 
thing over  a  year, 
is  that  it  saves 
me  many  dollars, 
from  losses  in  er- 
rors that  were 
constantly  occur- 
ring before  using 
the  machine,  be- 
sides the  time  and 
trouble  of  adding, 
and  the  uncertain- 
ty, after  going 
over  two  to  three 
times.  I  a  d  d  a 
bill,  check  back 
over  and  see  that 
I  entered  each 
correctly — and  ab- 
solutely know  I 
am  safe.  I  con- 
sider m  y  Bur- 
roughs one  of  the 
best  all  around, 
investments  I 

rver    made. 

B.    CRAWFORD. 
Lumber. 
NEW  DECATUR, 
ALABAMA. 


'Several     days     work 

now    done  in    a    few 

hours" 


We  have  been 
using  one  of  your 
adding  machines 
for  the  past  year 
and  a  half.  >  We 
now  regard  it  as 
an  essential  part 
of  our  equipment 
and  would  not  do 
without  it  for 
anything  like  the 
cost  of  the  ma- 
chine. It  has 
worked  perfectly, 
has  never  been 
out  of  order  for 
a  moment. 

We  use  it  in 
checking  our  in- 
voices, in  mak- 
ing our  bank 
deposit  tickets,  in 
checking  each 
day's  business 
with  the  Cash 
Register,  in  foot- 
ing and  balancing 
ledger  accounts, 
and  in  fact  we 
may  say  that  there 
is  not  an  hour  in 
the  day  that  we 
do  not  use  it  for 
some  purpose.  We 
have  taken  an  in- 
ventory of  our 
stock  on  two  dif- 
ferent occasions 
with  the  assist- 
ance of  the  ma- 
chine and  in  this 
connection  it  is 
very  valuable.  The 
work  that  former- 
ly required  sev- 
eral days  is  now 
done  in  a  few 
hours.  With  the 
machine  it  is  eas- 
ily done  and  best 
of  all  it  is  correct 
when  it  is  done. 

RICHMOND 

CO-OPERATIVE 

MERCANTILE 

COMPANY, 
By  J.  W.  Funk, 

Secretary     and 

Manager. 
General 

Merchandise 

RICHMOND, 

UTAH. 


Vouchers   and    Voucher   Records 

Many  firms  who  discount  all  or 
nearly  all  of  their  bills  have  discard- 
ed the  purchase  ledger  entirely,  and 
voucher  all  bills  as  received.  The 
bills  are  filed  in  a  "tickler"  file,  ar- 
ranged so  that  all  bills  will  come  up 
for  payment  before  the  expiration  of 
the  discount  period. 

There  is  a  Burroughs  which  will 
list  invoice,  check  number  and  amount 
at  one  operation,  totaling  all 
amounts.  This  simplifies  the  making 
of  voucher  records,  and  makes  possi- 
ble a  saving  in  time. 

Checking  and  Auditing 

The  Burroughs  will  automatically 
audit  and  check  all  figures,  whether 
in  books  or  on  sheets,  in  much  less 
time  and  much  more  accurately  than 
it  can  be  done  by  mental  process.  A 
low  priced  man  with  a  machine  can 
do  as  good  work  as  a  high  priced  man 
without  one,  and  do  it  quicker. 

Isn't  it  worth  something  to  you 
know  where  you  stand? 


Frank  Vaello  &  Company,  Benavides,  Texas,  popu- 
lation 233,  use  a  No.  9  Burroughs,  for  Trial  Balances, 
Cheeking  each  day's  business  with   Cash  Register, 
Footing  and  Balancing  Ledger  Accounts. 


Burroughs  Adding  and  Listing 
Machine  Style  No.   6X 


Keyboard  of  the  Style  No.  6X 
•— ..     ^Machine. 


This    is    the     smallest     Bur- 
roughs.     It  has   a  listing  and 
adding  capacity  of  six  figures, 
or  $9,999.99 ;  in  other  words,  it 
will    list    and    total  cor- 
rectly    any     number     of 
amounts  the  total  of  which  does 
not  amount  to  $10,000. 

This  machine  has  been  de- 
signed especially  to  fill  the 
needs  of  the  smaller  stores.  It 
does  not  furnish  some  of  the 
features  found  on  the  larger 
machines,  but  it  is  sold  at  a 
lower  price.  It  is  as  accurate 
and  reliable,  within  its  scope,  as 
the  highest  priced  Burroughs, 
and  many  have  been  sold  to 
storekeepers  who  thought  themselves  far  too  small  to  use 
an  adding  machine  to  advantage. 

The  6'X  will    list  on  roll    paper  up  to  2  T5rt  inches  wide, 
and  can  be  operated  by  hand  only. 
With  the  6X  you  can : 

Make  out  Deposit  Tickets,  Recapitulate  Daily  Sales  by 
Clerks  or  by  Departments,  Make  Statements  of  Outstand- 
ing Accounts,  Check  Up  Your  Credit  System,  Check  Up 
C.  O.  D.'s,  Handle  Petty  Cash,  Make  the  Daily  Cash  Bal- 
ance, Prove  Your  Daily  Postings,  Take  Your  Trial  Bal- 
ance, Check  and  Audit  Your  Books,  Reconcile  Your  Book 
Balance. 

We'll  be  glad  to  let  you  have  a  6X  to  try  in  your  store, 
on  your  own  work,  in  your  own  time.  This  won't  cost 
you  a  cent,  and  we  are  willing  to  spend  our  money  to  let 
you  see  the  machine.  Just  say  you  want  to  try  the  Bur- 
roughs. 


Burroughs  Adding  and   Listing 
Machine,   Style  No.  6 

This  machine  has  the  same  listing  capacity  as  the  6X, 
but  will  total  one  more  place  to  the  left,  that  is,  it  will 
take  a  total  of  items  which  does  not  exceed  $99,999.99. 
This  gives  it  a  wider  range  of  usefulness  in  larger  stores. 

In  addition  to  the  extended  total,  the  No.  6  is  equipped 
with  several  features  which  widen  its  range  considerably. 

It  may  be  equipped  with  a  carriage  which  will  take 
sheets  of  paper  up  to  18  inches  wide,  as  well  as  the  roll 
paper.  The  loose  leaf  ledger  sheets  can  be  inserted  in 
the  carriage,  if  you  wish,  and  the  original  adding  machine 
figures  made  thereon.  You  can  take  your  trial  balance 
on  a  loose  leaf  sheet,  and  file  it  for  reference. 

The  No.  6  has  a  "Repeat  Button"— marked  R  in  the 
cut — which  by  a  simple  method  enables  the  operator  to 
perform  multiplications  and  division  on  the  machine. 

It  has  also  an  "Eliminating  Button" — marked  E — by 
which  items,  such  as  clerk  numbers,  can  be  printed  on 
the  paper  without  being  added  into  the  total. 

The  No.  6  can  be  equipped  with  electric  motor,  thus 
making  the  saving  of 
work  still  greater. 

In  addition  to  the 
work  of  the  6X,  the 
No.  6  is  suitable  for 
Checking      Up      In- 
voices, and  Taking  Inventor- 
ies when  the  aggregate  does 
not  exceed  $99,999.99. 

Ask  us  to  send  you  a 
Xo.  6  to  try.  It  won't  cost 
anything,  and  will  put  you 
under  no  obligation,  and  we 
will  let  you  have  it  long 
enough  to  satisfy  yourself 
that  you  want  it — or  that 
you  do  not  want  it.  Ask 
today. 

Keyboard  of  the  No.  6  Machine. 


Burroughs  Adding   and  Listing 
Machine,   Style  No.  9 


The    No.    9    has    a 
capacity    of    $9,999,- 
999.99,   or  up   to  ten 
million    dollars.     This 
gives  it  enough  capacity  to 
handle    the    work    of    almost 
any  retail  store,  however 
large.     Otherwise  it  has 
all     the     features     described 
under    the    No.    6,    and    can 
likewise  be  operated  by  elec- 
tricity. 

Besides  these  machines 
mentioned,  there  is  the  No.  7 
Burroughs,  with  a  capacity, 
both  adding  and  listing,  of 
$99,999.99,  the  No.  11  with  a  capacity  of  11  columns, 
or  up  to  one  billion  dollars,  the  No.  13,  with  13  columns 
capacity  up  to  a  hundred  billion,  and  the  No.  15  with  15 
columns,  and  a  capacity  up  to  ten  trillions  of  dollars. 

These  are  the  different  sizes  in  which  Burroughs  are 
made,  but  this  list  does  not  include  by  any  means  all  of 
the  Burroughs  machines.  There  are  sixty-five  different 
Burroughs  made  today,  which  include  machines  built  to 
handle  figures  of  every  nature,  including  fractions,  foreign 
currency,  weights  and  measures,  etc. 

There  is  a  Burroughs  which  will  handle  your  figures — 
any  figures — better,  cheaper  and  quicker  than  they  can 
be  handled  in  any  other  way.  We'll  send  you  that  Bur- 
roughs to  try — we  don't  ask  you  to  buy  it,  nor  rent  it, 
nor  even  pay  the  express  on  it.  If  you  are  willing  to  let 
us  take  it  out  of  your  place  after  a  fair  trial,  we  don't 
want  you  to  have  it. 

Just  write  that  vou  would  like  to  be  shown. 


Keyboard  of  the  No.  9  Machine. 


38 


The   Burroughs   Monthly 
Statement  Machine 

Burroughs  Statement  Machines  have  all  the  features  of 
the  regular  machines,  and  in  addition  will  print  the  dates 
opposite  the  proper  amounts  on  your  statement  headings, 
and  will  also  print  debit,  credit  and  balance  abbreviations. 

The  No.  11  Single  Key  Statement  Machine,  illustrated, 
has  a  capacity  of  eight  columns  of  figures  besides  the 
dates.  That  means  that  this  machine  can  be  used  for 
any  purpose  a  regular  Burroughs  can  be  used  for,  and 
in  addition  will  print  dates  on  monthly  statements  when- 
ever you  want  it  to.  This  statement  feature  is  entirely 
inoperative  when  not  wanted  and  there  is  no  visible  attach- 
ment to  the  machine  except  three  rows  of  keys  on  the  key- 
board. 

This  is  the  machine  which  is  making  out  monthly  state- 
ments, on  proper  headings,  at  the  rate  of  250  per  hour. 
It  makes  them  out  complete,  dates,  footings,  credit  items, 
subtractions,  and  they  are  ready  to  be  mailed  simply  by 
writing  in  the  names  with  the  typewriter. 

Remember  that  this  ma- 
chine is   a   statement  ma- 
chine  when    you   want   to 
write    statements,    and    a 
regular    machine    all    the 
rest  of  the  time.     It  will  do 
everything  that   the  regular 
machine  can  do,  and  in  addi- 
tion     will      write      monthly 
statements  faster,  better  and 
more     accurately     than     the 
best  bookkeeper  can  do  it. 

Isn't  this  worth  investiga- 
tion? Ask  us  to  show  you 
this  machine.  It  won't  cost 
you  a  penny,  nor  will  it  place 
you  under  the  slightest  obli- 
gation. 


Keyboard  of  the  Style  No.  11  Monthly 
Statement  Machine. 


999  9|9  9999 
No  Total 

999 

Add 

99999 9  999 

Add 
Moving  the  sliding  button  with  the  finger  changes  the  action  of  the  machine. 

The  Split  and  Normal  Device 

This  is  an  attachment  which,  when  applied  to  a  Bur- 
roughs machine,  divides  the  capacity  into  two  or  more  sec- 
tions, each  of  which  acts  as  an  individual  adding  and  list- 
ing machine,  except  that  all  are  controlled  simultaneously 
with  no  more  effort  than  is  necessary  to  operate  a  regular 
Burroughs. 

Take  the  No.  9  with  the  Split  &  Normal  for  instance: 

The  "splitting"  mechanism  is  controlled  by  moving  the 
sliding  button,  shown  above,  opposite  the  various  points 
marked  on  the  plate. 

At  "Normal"  the  machine  operates  in  every  way  like 
an  ordinary  No.  9. 

At  "Date"  the  machine  is  divided  into  two  sections, 
of  four  and  five  figures  respectively  (see  illustration) 
each  of  which  acts  as  an  independent  listing  and  totaling 
machine.  Thus,  we  can  put  the  cost  of  an  article  into 
one  section,  and  the  selling  price  into  the  other  at  the 
same  time.  Upon  pulling  the  handle  which  operates  the 
machine,  both  amounts  are  printed  on  the  paper  in 
separate  columns,  and  are  added  separately  also.  Con- 
tinuing in  like  manner  for  every  sale  made  during  the  day, 
we  take  a  total  in  the  usual  way  at  the  end  of  our  list,  and 
the  machine  automatically  prints  the  total  cost  and  the 
total  price  received  for  all  goods  sold  during  the  day. 

Upon  moving  the  button  opposite  "Split"  the  machine 
is  divided  as  before,  except  that  the  left  hand  section  will 
not  print  a  total.  Thus  we  can  list  check  numbers  and 
amounts  simultaneously,  adding  only  the  amounts.  Or 


we  can  list  stock  numbers  and  amounts,  or  any  numbers 
we  may  wish  to  print  opposite  certain  amounts. 

The  left  hand  section  may  be  used  for  printing  dates, 
as  on  current  month's  statements  for  instance.  Some 
retailers  use  the  Split  &  Normal  Burroughs  for  making 
out  all  their  monthly  statements,  using  a  rubber  stamp 
for  the  statement  head  which  they  impress  on  the  regular 
adding  machine  paper. 

There  are  other  combinations  of  "splits"  furnished  with 
Burroughs  machines,  by  which  the  capacity  is  divided  in 
different  places.  There  are  Burroughs  which  can  be  split 
in  no  less  than  six  different  ways.  This  one  example  is 
enough  to  show  the  general  operation,  however,  and  to 
indicate  how  in  the  Burroughs  it  is  possible  to  have  what 
is  practically  two  adding  machines  in  one. 

There  is  a  Burroughs  which  will  fit  your  needs.  Will 
you  let  us  find  out  which  one  it  is,  if  it  will  not  cost  you 
anything  for  us  to  investigate?  One  among  the  65  dif- 
ferent Burroughs  will  exactly  meet  your  requirements  and 
do  your 
work.  We 
want  to  find 
out  which 
one  it  is,  arid 
then  let  you 
have  it  to 
try.  You 
don't  have  to 
change  your 
whole  system 
to  use  a  Bur- 
roughs —  we 
make  the 
Burroughs  to 
fit  the  sys- 
tem. Tell  us 
what  gives 
you  most 
trouble. 


Interior  of  Coal  Office  of  Hacker  &  Mackrodt,  Detroit, 
Michigan.    One  man  does  all  the  work  in  this  office  and  he 
uses  a  No.  5  Burroughs,  for  Proof  of  Postings,  Trial  Balances, 
'-   Bank  Deposit  Tickets,  Outstanding  Accounts. 


C.  O.  D.' 


In  the  Business  Systems  Department 

Clearing  House  of  Ideas 

The  Business  Systems  Department  is  a  sort  of  focus- 
ing glass  through  which  that  which  is  best  in  business 
practice  is  brought  together  for  the  benefit  of  those  inter- 
ested in  the  Burroughs  product.  You  don't  have  to  be  a 
user  of  a  Burroughs  to  get  this  service — it  is  free  to 
anyone  who  cares  to  ask  for  it. 

Among  the  85,000  firms — some  photos  have  caught  your 
eye  as  you  have  read  these  pages— which  use  the  Burroughs 
there  are  some  facing  the  same  problem  which  you  are  try- 
ing to  solve.  Some  of  them  have  probably  worked  out  some 
of  your  problems.  They  tell  us,  and  then  we  tell  you. 
This  department  is  maintained  for  no  other  purpose. 

Perhaps  your  difficulty  is  one  which  we  haven't  an 
answer  for.  If  so,  we  know  the  men  who  are  most  likely 
to  have  an  answer,  and  we'll  ask  them.  When  they  tell 
us,  we'll  tell  you. 

You  would  be  surprised,  though,  to  see  the  number  of 
different  things  we  have  run  up  against  and  the  variety 
of  usable,  practical  information  that  is  stored  up  in  this 


department.  We  are  constantly  getting  tips  on  systems 
which  save  an  extra  hour  or  two  of  the  day  and  obtain 
a  better  result.  It  is  highly  probable  that  we  can  help 
you.  May  we  try? 

Ask  the  Systems  Department  for  a  set  of  forms  used  in 
retail  stores,  anyway. 


The  Mail  Order  Man 


With  a  typewriter  writes  50  letters  while  the 
man  who  writes  by  hand  turns  out  20 — and 
the  former  uses  one-quarter  as  much  station- 
ery doing  the  work  in  his  way. 

He  talks  to  50  while  the  hand-writer  talks 
to  20. 

He  saves  expense — rent  for  space — and 
general  expenses — and  gets  more  for  his 
money. 

He  duplicates  his  circular  letters  by  a 
machine  and  an  office  boy,  at  the  rate  of 
5,000  an  hour,  as  many  as  one  typewriter 
could  turn  out  in  6  months. 

His  Burroughs  triples  his  bookkeeper's 
time,  and  saves  errors  and  time  and  worry 
that  handicap  "the  proprietor  who  handles 
the  books." 

The  Mail  Order  man  does  things  by  ma- 
chinery that  the  local  Retailer  too  often  does 
by  hand. 

Who  would  expect  to  make  watches  by 
hand  in  competition  with  the  Elgin  or  Wal- 
tham  factories? 

Why  not  stop  acting  as  the  adding  and 
bookkeeping  machine  in  your  store? 


Which  Shall  It  Be  In  Your  Store 


You  probably  feel  just  the  same  way  that 
ninety-nine  other  retailers  out  of  every  hundred  feel 
about  the  adding  machine — that  you  don't  need  one. 
We  will  make  a  prophesy  here  that  within  the  next 
five  years  the  retailers  of  this  country  will  awaken 
to  the  advantages  of  the  Adding  Machine,  just  as 
they  have  to  the  advantages  of  the  Cash  Register. 
And  they  will  consider  an  Adding  Machine  just  as 
necessary  in  handling  the  bookkeeping  end  of  their 
business  as  they  now  consider  the  Cash  Register  in 
handling  the  sales  end  of  their  business. 

The  Cash  Register  handles  the  sale  between  the 
proprietor  and  the  customer.  The  Adding  Machine 
handles  the  money,  the  C.  O.  D.'s  and  the  credits 
from  the  Cash  Register  to  the  proprietor's  books. 

After  a  number  of  tests  it  has  been  found  that 
the  average  clerk  can  list  and  add  in  one  minute  on 
a  Burroughs  items  which  it  would  take  him  about 
six  minutes  to  list  and  add  in  long-hand. 

In  other  words,  it  would  take  you  or  one  of  your 
clerks,  about  30  minutes  to  do  the  work  that  now 
takes  you  3  hours.  In  adding  up  your  C.  O.  D.'s, 
charges,  etc.,  you  are  liable  to  make  an  error  at 
every  step.  With  a  Burroughs  it  does  not  make 
any  difference  how  poor  you  are  in  handling  figures, 
you  can  do  the  work  with  a  Burroughs  accurately, 
and  quickly. 


Study  it  now — you  wise  man — you  up- 
to-the-hour  retailer — isn't  this  way  a  better 


way? 


What  You  can  do  on  a  Burroughs 


One-Sixth  the  Time  It  Would  Take  You  To  Do 
It  By  Hand 

1.  You  can  add  and  list  the  amount  of  each  sale,  to- 
gether with  the  number  of  the  clerk  who  made  it. 

2.  You  can  indicate  the  kind  of  sale,  that  is,  whether 
it  is  cash  or  charge  or  C.  O.  D. 

3.  You  can  show  the  date  the  sale  was  made. 

4.  Each  sale  may  be  counted  to  give  the  total  numbei 
of  sales  for  the  day. 

5.  In  your  charge,  received  on  account,  and  paid  out 
transactions,   these   items    can   be   arranged   so   that    the 
totals  can  be  carried  in  separate  columns  on  a  sheet,  so 
that  the  morning  after  the  day's  work,  complete  items 
arranged  by  clerks  and  departments  can  be  had  on  cash 
sales,  C.  O.  D.'s,  charge,  received  on  account,  paid  out 
items,  etc.,  giving  you  a  complete  synopsis  of  the  previous 
day's  business.     The  filing  of  these  sheets  will  give  you 
an  opportunity  to  compare  them  by  months,  seasons,  or 
to  make  yearly  comparisons. 

Your  Present  Disadvantages 

1.  The  hand  method  of  handling  your  figures  means 
that  you  have  no  guaranty  that  they  are  accurate  unless 
each  item  is  checked  and  added  at  least  twice. 

2.  Unless     _ 
you  use  a  proof 

of  posting  sys- 
tem in  connec- 
tion with  the 
Burroughs  you 
have  no  assur- 
ance that  you 
have  entered  all 
of  the  paid  on 
account  and 
charge  items. 


West  Jefferson  Creamery  Company,  Columbus,  Ohio,  uses 

a  No.  9  Burroughs,  for  recording  Sales,  C.  O.  D's.,  Balance 

Outstanding  Accounts,  Trial  Balances. 


3.  Your    pres- 
ent    method     does 
not  enforce  a  rec- 
ord of  any  trans- 
action  which   you 
may  make. 

4.  It  is  neces- 
sary to  have  Bur- 
roughs in  order  to 
get  out  the  totals 
of      each      clerk's 
sales       accurately 
and    quickly,    and 
the    sales    by    de- 
partments or  lines 
of  goods. 

5.  It  is  a  well 
known   fact  where 
records    are    made 
from     clerks     who 

frequently  write  illegibly,  this  fact  is  given  as  an  excuse 
for  slovenly  and  careless  handling  of  the  figures. 

6.  You  have  no  way  of  knowing  whether  the  totals  on 
sales  slips  are  correct  unless  you  check  them  over,  which 
takes  you  six  times  as  long  as  is  necessary  with  the  Bur- 
roughs. 

7.  With  the  aid  of  a  Burroughs  your  cashier  can  do 
the  work  in  a  fraction  of  the  time  that  you  require  to  do 
it  yourself. 

8.  Your  books  are  continually  behind,  frequently  out 
of  balance,  and  subject  often  to  your  own  suspicions,  be- 
cause you  haven't  the  time  to  spend  on  them. 


J.  N.  Hoffer,  Homestead,  Pennsylvania,  Jeweler,uses 

No.  4  Burroughs,  for  Checking  Invoices,  Deposit 

Tickets,  Trial  Balance,  Proof  of  Postings. 


Give  your  whole  attention  to  your 
customer — whether  big  or  little — and  equip 
your  bookkeeper-cashier  to  take  care  of 
the  figures. 


How  the  Burroughs  Benefits  Proprietors 

1.  It  is  a  guaranty  that  all  the  figures  that  you  put 
into    your    books    are    correctly    added,    multiplied,    sub- 
tracted or  divided. 

2.  It   checks    your    obligations    as   they    come   in,   by 
assuring  you  that  the  invoices  are  properly  handled.     It 
checks  bills  that  go  out,  to  prove  that  you  are  getting 
all  that  you  are  entitled  to. 

3.  By  means  of  the  Sales  Recapitulation,  a  record  of 
any  particular  sale  can  be  traced  to  the  clerk  who  made  it. 

4.  By  keeping  a  cost  and  price  record  with  the  Bur- 
roughs you  know  exactly  each  day  the  total  amount  of 
business  done,  and  the  gross  profit  made. 

5.  It  tells  you  by  means   of  the   Cost  Price  Record 
divided  by  clerks,  what  clerks  are  selling  the  most  profit- 
able goods  and  what  the  least. 

6.  By    putting    all    of    the    C.    O.    D's,    received    on 
account,  cash  and  charge  slips  through  the  machine,  the 
proprietor  is  enabled  to  locate  errors  and  get  an  accurate 
check  against  his  cashier. 

How  the  Burroughs  Benefits  Clerks 

1.  It  prevents    errors    in  the  sales    slips  before    they 
become  a  matter  of  record  in  the  books,  thereby  causing 
dissatisfied  customers,  which  dissatisfaction  re-acts  on  the 
clerks. 

2.  It  enables  the  proprietor  without  any  addition  to 
his  office  force,  to  know  how  much  each  clerk  sells. 

3.  It  encourages  clerks  to  be  better  salesmen,  because 
it   enables  the  proprietor  without  extra  cost  in  time  or 
money,  to  keep  a  record  of  the  profit  each  clerk  produces 
for  him. 

It  is  said  that  it  requires  an  average  of  12  minutes  to 
wait  on  each  customer  and  complete  each  sale  in  a  retail 
store.  It  takes  1%  seconds  to  make  a  record  of  that  sale 
on  a  Cash  Register,  or  3  minutes  to  complete  the  record 
if  a  Carrier  System  is  used. 


It  requires  much  more  than  this,  however,  to  keep  the 
books  in  which  is  recorded  the  transactions.  The  average 
sales  slip  in  a  retail  store  has  2-3/10  items.  It  requires 
six  minutes  to  handle  ten  of  these  slips  by  hand.  With 
an  adding  machine,  sixty  slips  can  be  handled  in  the  same 
time,  and  more  complete  and  accurate  information 
obtained  in  the  process. 

By  the  aid  of  the  Cost  Price  Record,  the  Sales  Recapi- 
tulation, Trial  Balance  Methods,  Proof  of  Posting  and 
the  Cash  Check,  absolute  accuracy  can  be  obtained  in 
keeping  the  books  without  a  single  new  requirement  being 
placed  on  the  cashier,  without  a  single  second  more  of 
time  than  is  at  present  given  to  methods  which  may  be 
correct  or  may  not. 

Isn't  it  worth  your  while  to  go  over  this  proposition 
with  a  Burroughs  man?  If  we  can  do  these  things  for 
you,  as  we  have  done  for  others,  won't  it  let  you  go  home 
at  night,  won't  it  cut  out  a  lot  of  worry  in  fighting  with 
customers,  apologizing  and  explaining  for  errors  in  state- 
ments, fault  finding  and  bickering,  dissatisfaction  of 
clerks,  and  all  the  thousand  and  one  things  that  go  with 
over-work,  too  much  worry,  and  the  errors  that  belong 
to  the  old  system? 

Will  you  let  us  show  you?  That's  all  we  ask  and  all 
we  want  until  you  are  satisfied. 

Write  to  us  today — and  we'll  try  to  fit  your  business 
with  a  time,  work  and  worry  saving  idea  or  two. 

Today — please. 


Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Company 

Main  Office  and  Factory 
Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


'HPHE  adding  machine 
that  enables  us  to  keep 
account  of  the  world's 
work  today  was  the  inven- 
tion and  life  work  of 
WilliamSewardBurroughs, 
a  native  of  New  York  State, 
who  loved  the  machine  bet- 
ter than  he  did  the  dollar. 
It  was  never  gotten  up 
simply  to  sell,  but  first  of 
all  to  do  its  work  perfectly, 
then  it  was  made  to  last 
indefinitely — and  then,  ot 
course,  its  sale  couldn't  be 
stopped."  — Gooch. 


AFTER  10  P.  M. 

About  the  Bookkeeper  Who  Works 
Late  to  "Balance  Up" 

Written  by  Elbert  Hubbard 

RIGHT  here  let  me  blot  out  the  Impression  that  the  man 
who  works  till  ten-thirty  at  night  is  the  Valuable  Man. 
Not  so.      The  fellow  who  earns  all  the  medals  is  the 
One  that  accomplishes  just  as  much  and  goes  home  whistling 
at  five-thirty. 

Good  Business  requires  Good  Health,  and  no  man  can  work  a 
fourteen-hour  day  and  then  repeat  the  operation  and  stay  in 
the  game. 

On  the  tabulated  list  of  Qualities  necessary  for  Success  in 
Business,  Health  leads  all  the  rest.  And  Health  means  hours 
of  freedom ;  plenty  of  play ;  brisk  walking  in  the  Open  Air ; 
Saturday  Afternoon  at  the  Ball-Game;  and  Evenings  of  Music 
and  Good  Books. 

You  must  drive  your  work  or  your  work  will  drive  you.  When 
your  "duties"  hold  you  'till  ten  o'clock  you  invite  an 
investigation. 

No  one  will  doubt  your  sincerity  if  you  slave  on  into  the  night, 
trying  vainly  to  Balance  Up";  but  they  may  doubt  your 
commonsense. 

The  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  will  relieve  you  of  the  tiny, 
tedious  troubles,  that  take  your  time,  and  waste  your  energies. 
The  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  can  not  make  mistakes.      It 
delivers  the  total — true  every  time. 
Why  not  insist  upon  One — and  go  Home  for  Supper  ? 

SIXTY-FIVE  STYLES— One  to  Handle  Any  Kind  of  Work, 
and  Made  to  Fit  any  Pocket. 


772A-25M-6-10-C.  A.  CO.-B.  F.  &  C.-ROS.  1987 


Style  No.  9,  S.  <&  N. 


BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
Split  and  Normal 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 
NORMAL    POSITION 

* 

6  06.6  4 
3,670.06* 
1  4, 4  0  4.  4  2 

2  0  6, 0  6  6. 6  4 

$076.00* 

1  0  4. 4  3 
1  1  0  4,05  4.00 

3  5  5,066.63* 

5,606.64 
8,084.40 
5,506.53 
5,060.65 

134  9,  49  4. 35* 


•#•  Eliminating  sign;  indicates  amount  printed  but  not  added. 


"SPLIT    I  ''    POSITION 
TWO    COLUMNS 


1  0 

4  0  5.  4  3 

3 

4  0  4.  0  4 

6 

2  0  5.  4  3 

5  1 

4  4.4  3 

6 

4  0.40 

7 

4  0.5  4 

9 

1  3  3.  6  4 

2 

4  1  5.  5  3 

3 

1  0  5.  5  5 

1 

1  3  0.  3  3 

2 

1  6.4  0 

4 

1  0  5.  0  0 

981, 841.  29* 


"SPLIT  2     POSITION 
DATES  OR  NUMBERS  AND  AMOUNTS 


1 

4  0  5.  4  3 

5 

4  4  4.  5  3 

1  4 

505.0  4 

1  6 

1  3  3.  0  5 

2  1 

53.2  5 

26 

25.1  0 

27 

2  0  0.  0  0 

3  5  0.  0  0 

28 

50 

30 

5.25 

3  1 

7  5.2  5 

1,  4  0  2.  8  7 


-//-  Eliminating  sign;  indicates  amount  printed  but  not  added. 


Style  No.  9,  S.  C&  N. 

Split  and  Normal  Machine 

Capacity 
Adding  and  listing  capacity  999999999 

The  Split  and  Normal  Device 

9  9  9|9  9  9  9  9  9 

*°    Total  |  MS~~ 

9991999999 

Add   I          Add 

999999999      '• 

Add 

Split  and  Normal  Burroughs 

This  machine  is  equipped  with  a  Burroughs  Split  and  Normal 
device,  by  which  the  operator  is  enabled  to  handle  several  dif- 
ferent kinds  of  work  on  one  machine.  The  device,  of  which  the 
above  is  a  picture,  is  operated  by  a  small  movable  button.  It 
operates  to  divide  the  machine  in  two  sections.  The  right-hand 
section  contains  six  columns  of  numeral  keys  and  the  left-hand 
section  contains  three  columns  of  numeral  keys.  The  division  is 
indicated  by  the  red  line. 

Split  and  Normal 
Device  at  ''Normal"  Position 

When  the  button  is  at  "Normal"  position  the  operator  is  enabled 
to  add,  list,  and  total  amounts  of  figures  in  the  same  way  as  on  the 
ordinary  adding  and  listing  machine.  The  sample  of  work  on 
the  first  page  will  indicate  what  can  be  done. 

Split  and  Normal  Device  at  "Split  1"  Position 

\Yhen  in  this  position  the  operator  is  enabled  to  add,  list,  and  total 
two  columns  simultaneously.  This  is  convenient  in  adding  num- 
bers of  pieces  and  amounts. 

Example: 

10      4  0  5.  4  3 
3      4  0  4.  0  4 

13      8  0  9.  4  7 

The  operator  puts  the  "10"  in  the  left-hand  section  and  the  amount, 
405.43,  in  the  right-hand  section,  and  pulls  the  handle.  The  item 
appears  on  the  paper  as  above,  and  the  total  wheels  show  the  item 


complete.  The  operation  is  repeated  in  putting  in  the  second 
item,  and  the  handle  is  pulled.  This  item  is  also  shown  on  the 
paper,  but  the  total  wheels  indicate  the  total  as  above,  which  may 
be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Split  and  Normal  Device  at  "Split  2"  Position 

In  this  position  the  operator  may  add  and  list  dates  and  num- 
bers, and  add,  list,  and  total  amounts. 

Example : 

10      4  0  5.  4  3 
3      4  0  4.  0  4 

8  0  9.  4  7 

The  operator  puts  the  "10"  in  the  left-hand  section,  and  the 
amount,  405.43,  is  put  in  the  right-hand  section,  and  the  handle  is 
pulled.  The  item  appears  on  the  paper  as  above,  but  the  amount 
only  appears  on  the  total  wheels.  The  operation  is  repeated  in 
putting  in  the  second  item  and  it  appears  on  -the  paper  as  above, 
but  the  amount  alone  is  shown  on  the  total  wheels.  This  total 
may  be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a 
total  of  all  amounts  listed  and  added ;  then  automatically  restores 
the  machine  to  zero. 

Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub- 
totals without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases 
all  numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then 
correct  an  error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding 
to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  keys 
which,  when  depressed  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column. 
Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by  depres- 
sing the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column  without  releasing  the 
entire  combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 


Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  when  the  same 
amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a  number  of  times.  Depressing 
this  key  prevents  the  other  keys  depressed  from  restoring  when 
the  handle  is  pulled. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting 
in  an  amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol 
(  -/A  )  printed  to  the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the 
amounts  that  are  added. 

12V4-inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  12^-inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing 
positions  which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  type- 
writers, and  one  non-spacing  position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may 
be  tabulated  across  the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  opera- 
tor to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine 
figures  wide,  on  sheets  with  any  vertical  rulings  up  to  12^4  inches 
wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  may  print  eight 
columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on  sheets  up  to  12J4 
inches  wide. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator 
finishes  listing  a  column,  and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the 
sheet  back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special  attachment  automa- 
tically stops  and  locks  the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position 
to  print  the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the 
first  item  in  the  preceding  column. 

This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect 
alignment  of  the  first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

10V£-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  carriage  10*4  inches  wide  to  add  and  list 
from  one  to  six  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on 
sheets  up  to  1034  inches  wide. 

18-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  18-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing 
frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar,  which  enables  the  operator  to  add 
and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wick, 
on  sheets  with  any  vertical  rulings  up  to  18  inches  wide.  With 
the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list  from  one  to 
twelve  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on  a  sheet  18 
inches  wide.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are  exactly 
like  those  of  the  12}4-inch  carriage. 


Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter  which  is  a  special  device 
that  can  be  attached  to  the  outside  of  the  machine.  It  accumu- 
lates "one"  on  separate  dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled 
and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected  in  taking  totals,  sub- 
totals, or  spacing  strokes. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business 
methods  sent  free  upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE   COMPANY 
Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Evolution  of  the  Adding  Machine 

The  first  practical  idea  of  a  mechanical  device  for  printing  figures 
and  adding  them  at  the  same  time  was  conceived  by  William 
Seward  Burroughs,  a  bank  clerk,  in  1882. 

Burroughs  spent  the  years  from  1882  to  1888  in  the  development 
of  his  invention,  during  which  time  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars  were  spent  in  models,  special  tools  and  experimental 
work,  only  to  be  thrown  away  in  the  seemingly  endless  search 
for  mathematical  accuracy  combined  with  utility  and  durability. 

\ 

The  enthusiasm  which  led  Burroughs  to  victory  in  spite  of  over- 
whelming obstacles  has  been  described  by  a  member  of  the 
present  Burroughs  organization,  who  said  that:  "He  loved  the 
machine  better  than  he  did  the  dollar.  It  was  never  gotten  up 
simply  to  sell ;  but,  first  of  all,  to  do  its  work  perfectly,  then  it 
was  made  to  last  indefinitely ;  and  then,  of  course,  its  sale  couldn't 
be  stopped." 

Once  the  Burroughs  machine  was  given  a  chance  to  demonstrate 
its  value  in  actual  use,  its  sales  jumped  by  leaps  and  bounds — 
only  1,000  machines  sold  in  the  four  years  from  1891  to  1895 ; 
1,500  in  the  single  year  1900 ;  4,445  in  1903— and  13,314  in  1907. 

The  Burroughs  model  factory  in  Detroit  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
industrial  plants  in  the  country,  where  nearly  2,000  employes  work 
under  ideal  conditions  provided  for  their  health  and  comfort. 
This  plant  produces  a  Burroughs  Adding  and  Listing  Machine, 
complete  and  tested  by  a  dozen  different  inspectors,  every  7% 
minutes  of  a  working  day.  To  place  these  machines  in  the 
stores,  shops  and  offices  of  the  business  world  requires  a  selling 
force  comprising  about  300  highly  trained  salesmen  scattered 
throughout  every  corner  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  with 
branch  offices  in  every  large  city. 

There  are  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs — a 
machine  for  every  line  of  business. 

The  Burroughs  comprises  more  than  90  per  cent  of  all  the  adding 
and  listing  machines  in  use. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  1906 


so8A-ioM-5-o8-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Style  No.  9 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
For  Adding  and  Listing  Tons  and  Cwt. 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


350 

4,020 

12,040 

50,355 

901,335 

1,114 

54,200 

503 

555 

433 

6400 

12,002 

1.043,312 


1  5 


4  ,» 


Style  No.  9 

Ton  and  Cwt.  Machine 

Capacity 
Capacity  999999919. 

Machine  for  Adding  and  Listing  Tons  and  Cwts. 

This  machine  is  divided  into  two  sections.       It  is  arranged  to  list  and 
add  cwt.  in  the  right-hand  section  and  tons  in  the  left-hand  section,  and 
to  convert  automatically  the  cwts.  into  tons. 
Example:     We  have — 

TONS    CWT. 

3  5  O1.0* 
4,  0  2  0  *  ° 

4,  3  7  1      * 

We  put  the  350  in  the  left-hand  section  and  the  10  in  the  right-hand 
section  and  pull  the  handle,  and  we  have  350.10  printed  on  the  paper 
in  the  manner  shown  in  the  illustration,  and  the  350.10  is  indicated  on 
the  total  wheels.  We  then  put  in  the  next  item  in  the  same  way;  then 
pull  the  handle,  and  we  find  the  item  printed  on  the  paper,  but  the  total 
wheels  show  that  we  have  automatically  converted  the  cwts.  into  tons 
and  have  the  total  indicated  above,  which  may  be  transferred  to  the 
paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Regular  Work 

The  left-hand  section  may  be  operated  independently  of  the  cwt. 
section.  When  the  machine  is  used  in  this  way  it  is  possible  to  list  and 
add  dollars  and  cents  up  to  a  total  of  9999999. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a  total 
of  all  amounts  listed  and  added;  then  automatically  restores  the  ma- 
chine to  zero. 

Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases  all 
numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then  correct  an 
error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding  to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral  keys 
which,  when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column. 
Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by  depressing 


the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column  without  releasing  the  entire 
combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "  R  "  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the 
numeral  keys  when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a  number 
of  times. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting  in  an 
amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol  (# )  is  printed 
to  the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the  amounts  that  are 
added. 

10/^-inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  carriage  10^  inches  wide  to  add  and  list  from  one  to 
six  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on  sheets  up  to  10^ 
inches  wide. 

12/^-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  12%-inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing  positions  which 

conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewriters,  and  one  non-spacing  position  so 

amounts  or  numbers  may  be  tabulated  across  the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list 

one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any 

vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up  to  12  %  inches  wide.     With  the  permanent  stop-bar 

the  operator  may  print  eight  columns  on  sheets  12  #  inches  wide.     The  width  of  each 

column  is  permanently  fixed  at  nine  figures. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  finishes  listing  a  column, 

and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet  back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special 

attachment  automatically  stops  and  locks  the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position 

to  print  the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item  in  the 

preceding  column. 

This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with   the  bell,  insures  perfect  alignment  of  the 

first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

18 -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  i8-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable 
stop-bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from 
one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up 
to  1 8  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list  from 
one  to  twelve  columns  on  a  sheet  18  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column  is  per- 
manently fixed  at  nine  figures.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are  exactly 
like  those  of  the  12% -inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates  "one"  on  separate 
dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected 
by  any  other  operation  of  the  machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business  methods  sent  free 
upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  1906 


2iiA-5M-i-o8-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Style  No.  9 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
Double  Twelfth  Fractional  Machine 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


3,8  5  2 

7% 

4  4,0  69 

4% 

1  1,  0  3  2 

55/6 

52,551 

10% 

2  0,  3  3  2 

2% 

135,302 

6l/6 

±5,69  6 

4  !4 

3  4  5,67  8 

9% 

3,9  8  2 

75/6 

8  3,  7  5  4 

105/6 

2  4,  3  2  6 

10%, 

3,0  5  4 

1% 

743,636 


Style  No.  9 

Double  TV  Fractional  Machine 

Capacity 

Adding  and  listing  capacity  99999911^2- 

For  Adding,  Listing,  and  Totaling  Feet  and  Inches  and  Twelfth 
Fractions;  Gross,  Dozens,  and  Parts  of  Dozens 

This  machine  is  divided  into  three  sections.  The  right-hand  section  is 
composed  of  a  column  of  fraction  keys,  numbered  from  i  to  1 1  in- 
clusive, representing  fractions  in  twelfths  with  numerator  and  denomi- 
nator type;  the  second,  or  middle,  section  is  composed  of  keys  numbered 
from  i  to  ii  inclusive,  in  type  somewhat  smaller  than  the  regular 
size;  the  right-hand  section  is  composed  of  six  columns  of  numeral  keys. 

With  this  machine  the  operator  may  add  and  list  feet,  inches,  and  fractions 
of  inches  in  twelfths,  at  the  same  time  converting  the  fractions  into 
inches  and  the  inches  into  feet;  or  add  gross,  dozens,  and  parts  of 
dozens,  automatically  converting  parts  into  dozens  and  dozens  into  gross. 

Example  : 

;!; 

3,  8  5  2       ^  % 

4  4,  0  6  9       4i/2 
1  1,  0  3  2       5  5/6 

5  8,  9  5  4       5  9/[2  * 

We  put  the  3,852  into  the  left-hand  section,  7  into  the  center,  or  inches, 
section,  and  10  into  the  right-hand,  or  fractional,  section,  and  pull  the 
handle,  and  we  have  the  item  listed  on  the  sheet  as  shown  above,  and 
the  same  will  appear  on  the  total  wheels.  We  then  repeat  the  operation, 
putting  in  the  second  item  and  pulling  the  handle  we  have  the  item  listed 
on  the  paper  as  above,  the  total  of  the  first  two  items  showing  on  the 
total  wheels.  The  third  item  is  put  in  and  listed  in  the  same  way,  but 
the  total  appears  on  the  total  wheels  as  above  indicated,  showing  that 
the  fractions  of  inches  have  been  automatically  converted  into  inches  and 
twelfths  of  inches,  and  the  inches  into  feet  and  inches.  This  total  may 
be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner.  It  is  obvious  that  gross, 
dozens,  and  parts  of  dozens  can  be  handled  in  the  same  way  as  above. 

For  Handling  Whole  Numbers 

This  same  machine  can  be  used  for  handling  whole  numbers  with  a 
capacity  of  999999,  as  the  left-hand  section  may  be  used  independently 
of  either  the  center  or  right-hand  sections. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a  total 
of  all  amounts  listed  and  added;  then  automatically  restores  the  ma- 
chine to  zero. 


Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals  without  disturb- 
ing the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases  all  numeral  keys 
that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then  correct  an  error  by  depressing  the 
numeral  keys  corresponding  to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral  keys  which, 
when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column.  Thus  the  operator  is 
enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by  depressing  the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column 
without  releasing  the  entire  combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the  numeral  keys 
when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  a  number  of  times. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting  in  an  amount,  the 
latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol  ( -//- )  is  printed  to  the  right  of  the 
amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the  amounts  that  are  added. 

10;^  -inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  carriage  10^  inches  wide  to  add  and  list  from  one  to  six  columns, 
each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on  sheets  up  to  loj^  inches  wide. 

12%  -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  12% -inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing  positions 
which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewriters,  and  one  non-spacing 
position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be  tabulated  across  the  sheet. 
The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list 
one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any 
vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up  to  12^  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop- 
bar  the  operator  may  print  eight  columns  on  sheets  \2%  inches  wide.  The  width  of 
each  column  is  permanently  fixed  at  nine  figures. 

This  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  finishes  listing  a  column, 
and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet  back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special 
attachment  automatically  stops  and  locks  the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position  to 
print  the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item  in  the 
preceding  column. 

This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect  alignment  of  the 
first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

18-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  1 8-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing  frame  and  adjust- 
able stop  bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each 
from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets 
up  to  r 8  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list 
from  one  to  twelve  columns  on  a  sheet  18  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column 
is  permanently  fixed  at  nine  figures.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are 
exactly  like  those  of  the  12%-inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates  "one"  on  separate 
dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected 
by  any  other  operation  of  the  machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business  methods  sent  free 
upon  application  to  Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  19o6 


i7A-25<x>-i-o8-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Style  No.  9 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 

For  Adding  and  Listing  One-sixteenth  Fractions  or  for 
Adding  Ounces   and    Pounds   and    Con- 
verting Ounces  into  Pounds 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


3, 

6 

2 

5 

15 

1, 

2 

8 

6 

3 

4 

o, 

6 

7 

5 

3, 

2 

4 

1 

5 

2, 

5 

0 

0 

6, 

7 

3 

2 

<i 

4, 

8 

2 

1 

9 

i 

5, 

4 

3 

2 

7- 

8, 

2 

6 

3 

5, 

2 

1 

6 

11 

•7 
->•> 

1 

4 

C 

2, 

1 

3 

0 

4 

107,  064 


Style  No.  9 

Pounds  and  Ounces  or  ^  Fractional  Machine 

Capacity 
Adding  and  listing  capacity  999999^- 

Machine  for  Adding  and  Listing  Pounds  and  Ounces, 

or  nr  Fractions 

This  machine  is  divided  into  two  sections.  The  right-hand  section  con- 
tains two  columns  of  keys,  numbered  from  i  to  15  inclusive,  with 
figures  somewhat  smaller  than  the  regular  size;  the  left-hand  section 
contains  seven  columns  of  numeral  keys.  This  arrangement  enables  the 
operator  to  add  and  list  pounds  and  ounces  at  the  same  time,  auto- 
matically converting  the  ounces  into  pounds,  or  to  add  and  list  whole 
numbers  and  fractions  in  sixteenths. 
Example: 

LBS.       oz.  -X- 

3,  6  2  515 
1,  2  8  6    3 

4,  9  1  2    2  -x- 

We  put  the  item  3,625  in  the  left-hand  section  and  press  the  15  key  in 
the  right-hand  section,  and  pull  the  handle.  We  print  the  item  as  in- 
dicated in  the  illustration,  and  the  same  amount  is  shown  on  the  total 
wheels.  We  repeat  the  process  for  the  next  item.  We  find  the  item 
printed  on  the  paper  in  the  same  manner,  but  the  total  wheels  indicate 
that  the  ounces  have  been  automatically  converted  into  pounds  and 
ounces  and  show  the  total  as  above.  It  is  obvious  that  fractions  in 
sixteenths  can  be  handled  in  the  same  way. 

Regular  Work 

This  machine  can  be  used  for  regular  work  without  reference  to  the 
fractional,  or  ounce,  section,  with  a  total  capacity  of  9,999,999. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a  total 
of  all  amounts  listed  and  added;  then  automatically  restores  the  ma- 
chine to  zero. 

Sub -Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases  all 
numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then  correct  an 
error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding  to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral  keys 
which,  when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column. 
Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by  depressing 


the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column  without  releasing  the  entire 
combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the 
numeral  keys  when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a 
number  of  times. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting  in  an 
amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol  (-//-)  is  printed  to 
the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the  amounts  that  are  added. 

lO.H'-inch  Carriage 

Kquipped  with  a  carriage  10/4  inches  wide  to  add  and  list  from  one  to 
six  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  on  sheets  up  to  10*^ 
inches  wide.  , 

12/4 -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  i2^-inch  carnage  with  three  horizontal  spacing 
positions  which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewriters,  and 
one  non-spacing  position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be  tabulated  across 
the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  operator  to 
add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide, 
located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up  to  12  ^  inches 
wide.  With  the  permanent  stop -bar  the  operator  may  print  eight 
columns  on  sheets  12^  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column  is  per- 
manently fixed  at  nine  figures. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  finishes  listing 
a  column,  and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet  back  to  begin  the 
next  column,  a  special  attachment  automatically  stops  and  locks  the 
paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position  to  print  the  first  item  in  the 
second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item  in  the  preceding  column. 
This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect  align- 
ment of  the  first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

18 -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  1 8-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable 
stop-bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from 
one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up 
to  18  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list  from 
one  to  twelve  columns  on  a  sheet  18  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column  is  per- 
manently fixed  at  nine  figures.  •  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are  exactly 
like  those  of  the  12^-inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates  "one"  on  separate 
dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected 
by  any  other  operation  of  the  machine 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business  methods  sent  free 
upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine    $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 —  1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  1906 


22oA-25oo-i-o8-Rogers  A.h.  <  i 


Style  No.  9 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 

For  adding  and  listing  Hours  and  Minutes,  and  Converting 
Minutes  into  Hours 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


1,  2   3    4,  5   6   7 

3,5  40 
3  5 

4  5,  5  0  0 

433 

4,08  5 


1  0 
9 

6 
5  4 
483 

430 


3  5 

1  3 

5  4 

7 

6 

4  3 
1  5 
4  5 
1  0 


1, 28  8, 661  2*7* 


Style  No.  9 

Machine  for  Hour  and  Minute,  Pounds,  and  Bushels  of  Wheat,  etc. 

Capacity 
Capacity  999999959. 

For  Adding  and  Listing  Hours  and  Minutes 
and  Converting  Minutes  into  Hours 

This  machine  is  divided  into  two  sections.  The  right-hand,  or  minute, 
section  has  two  columns  of  numeral  keys  arranged  to  print  from  i  to  59 
inclusive.  The  left-hand  section  is  composed  of  seven  regular  columns 
of  numeral  keys. 

With  this  machine  the  operator  is  enabled  to  add  and  list  hours  and 
minutes,  automatically  converting  the  minutes  into  hours. 

Example: 

HRS.  AND    M1N. 

1,2  3  4,  5  6  735 

3,  5  4  0  13 

3  554 

1,2  3  8,1  4  3^2 

We  put  the  1,234,567  into  the  left-hand  section,  and  35  into  the 
right-hand  section,  pull  the  handle  and  the  item  appears  on  the  paper 
as  shown  above,  and  the  same  shows  on  the  total  wheels.  Putting  in 
the  next  item  and  repeating  the  operation,  we  have  the  item  appearing 
on  the  paper  as  above,  but  the  total  wheels  show  the  total  of  the  two 
items.  We  then  put  in  the  third  item  and  repeat  the  operation.  The 
item  appears  on  the  paper  as  before,  but  the  total  wheels  show  a  total 
as  above,  showing  that  the  minutes  have  been  automatically  converted 
into  hours  and  minutes. 

It  is  obvious  that  this  machine  can  be  used  for  adding  and  listing  bushels 
of  wheat,  or  any  other  commodity  having  60  pounds  to  the  bushel. 

Adding  and  Listing  Whole  Numbers 

This  machine  can  be  used  for  adding  and  listing  whole  numbers  with 
a  capacity  of  9999999,  the  left-hand  section  operating  independently  of 
the  right-hand  section. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "  TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a  total 
of  all  amounts  listed  and  added ;  then  automatically  restores  the  ma- 
chine to  zero. 

Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "  S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 


Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "  C  "  (Correction  Button)  releases  all  numeral  keys 
that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then  correct  an  error  by  depressing  the 
numeral  keys  corresponding  to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral  keys  which, 
when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column.  Thus  the  operator  is  en- 
abled to  correct  an  error  made  by  depressing  the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column 
without  releasing  the  entire  combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the  numeral  keys 
when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a  number  of  times. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "  E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting  in  an  amount, 
the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol  (-//-)  printed  to  the  right  of  the 
amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the  amounts  that  are  added. 

10^ -inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  carriage  to  admit  sheets  of  paper  up  to  10^  inches  wide,  on  which 
may  be  listed  several  columns  of  figures  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide. 

12 X -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  12^-mch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing  positions 

which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewriters,  and  one  non-spacng  position 

so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be  tabulated  across  the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop  bar  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list 

one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any 

vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up  to  1214  inches  wide.     With  the  permanent  stop  bar 

the  operator  may  print  eight  columns  on  sheets  1214  inches  wide.     The  width  of  each 

column  is  permanently  fixed  at  nine  figures. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  finishes  listing  a  column, 

and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet  back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special 

attachment  automatically  stops  and  locks   the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position 

to  print  the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item   in    the 

preceding  column. 

This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect  alignment  of  the 

first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

18 -inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equi  >ped  with  an  i8-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing  frame  and  adjust- 
able stop -bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each 
from  one  to  nine  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on 
sheets  up  to  18  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop -bar  the  operator  can  add 
and  list  from  one  to  twelve  columns  on  a  sheet  18  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each 
column  is  permanently  fixed  at  nine  figures.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  car- 
riage are  exactly  like  those  of  the  12%-inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates  "one"  on  separate 
dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected 
by  any  other  operation  of  the  machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business  methods  sent  free 
upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 

1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 

1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 

1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 

1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 

1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 

1902—3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 

1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 

1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 

1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 

1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 

1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List 

ing  Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 

Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 

Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 

Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 

Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  1906 


aiaA-sM-i-oS-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Style  No.  15, 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
Monthly  Statement  Machine 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


FIRST,  OR  "  NORMAL,       POSITION 


JAN 


FEB 


MAR 


4. 

7. 

1  2. 

1  7. 

2  a 
2. 
& 

1  a 

1  7. 

2  a 

JL 

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1650 
3260 

12530 
9250 

13560 
2500 
3765 
8260 

13140 
6755 
5055 

13670 


93395* 


SECOND,  OR  "SPLIT    I,"  POSITION 

* 

JAN.   1.  12511560 

3.  75   1075 

7.  100   7B05 

11.  135   8S50 
PBB  .2.  25    850 

5.  35   1000 

7.  13512555 

12.  75   3000 
16.  30   1560 

MAR.   3.  13011750 

7.  60   3760 

14.  70   1250 

99564115* 


THIRD,  OR  "SPLIT  2,"   POSITION 

JAN 
FEB 
MAR 


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7  3  8  8  5  * 


Style  No.  15,  S.  C&  N. 

Monthly  Statement  Machine 

Capacity 

Printing  capacity  JAN999999999999. 


JAN.  :;  1.  9999  9|  99999 

Eo    Total  I      Add 
MAR.  31.  9999  9l  99999 

Add         |      Add 
FRT  .99.  9999999999 


Add 


Handling  Monthly  Statements 

This  machine  is  permanently  split  into  three  sections.  The  right- 
hand  section  contains  ten  columns  of  numeral  keys ;  the  center 
section  two  columns ;  and  the  left-hand  section  three  columns  of 
keys  containing  different  letters  of  the  alphabet,  by  which  the 
abbreviations  of  the  twelve  months  of  the  year  may  be  printed. 
In  addition,  the  right-hand  section  is  equipped  with  the  Bur- 
roughs Split  and  Normal  device,  by  which  the  operator  is  enabled 
to  split  the  right-hand  section,  when  desired,  into  two  sections  of 
six  columns  and  four  columns  ojUiumeral  keys  respectively,  and 
also  to  add,  list,  and  total  in-^Bbth  of  these  sections  or  not,  as 
desired. 

The  Split  and  Normal  device  is  as  shown  herewith,  with  the  work 
indicated  when  the  .button  is  at  the  different  positions. 


Split  and  Normal  at  First,  or  "Normal,"  Position 

When  in  this  position  the  operator  is  enabled  to  put  in  the  name 
of  the  month,  date,  and  amount,  listing  and  adding  only  in  the 
amount  section. 

Example : 

DATE  AMT. 

•J+ 
'I- 

JAN.      4.  16.50 

7.  3  2.  6  0 

4  9. 1  0  * 


We  put  in  the  "J  A  N."  in  the  left-hand  section,  the  4  in  the  center 
section,  and  tire  16.50  in  the  right-hand  section,  and  pull  the  han- 
dle. We  have  the  above  printed  on  the  paper  and  the  16.50  appear- 
ing on  the  total  wheels.  We  repeat  the  operation,  putting  in  the 
item  and  pulling  the  handle,  and  we  have  it  appear  on  the  paper 
as  indicated,  and  the  total  appears  on  the  total  wheels  as  above. 
This  total  may  then  be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  way. 

Split  and  Normal  at  "Split  1"  Position 

With  the  button  on  the  Split  and  Normal  device  placed  at  the  sec- 
ond position,  the  operator  is  enabled  to  put  in  the  name  of  the 
month,  the  day,  the  number  of  pieces  of  goods,  for  instance,  and 
the  amount,  adding,  listing,  and  totaling  the  number  of  pieces  and 
the  amount  at  one  operation. 

Example  : 

DATK  NO.  PC.  AMT. 

* 

JAN.      1.          12511  5. 60 
3.  75      1  0. 7  5 

2  0  0  1  2  6.  3  5  * 

The  operator  puts  "J  A  N."  in  the  left-hand  section,  the  day  in  the 
date  section,  the  125  in  the  section  to  the  left  of  the  red  line,  and 
the  115.60  in  the  section  to  the  right  of  the  red  line,  and  pulls  the 
handle.  We  have  the  entire  item  printed  on  the  paper,  as  indi- 
cated in  the  example,  but  the  number  of  pieces  and  the  amount 
only  appear  on  the  total  wheels; 

We  then  repeat  the  operation,  putting  in  the  item  and  pulling  the 
handle,  and  we  have  the  second  item  appearing  on  the  paper  as 
above,  but  the  total  wheels  show  both  the  number  of  pieces  and 
the  amount.  This  total  may  be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the 
usual  way. 

Split  and  Normal  at  "Split  2"  Position 

When  the  button  on  the  Split  and  Normal  device  is  moved  to 
"Split  2"  position,  the  operator  is  enabled  to  put  in  the  name  of 
the  month,  the  day,  the  number  of  the  shipment,  or  any  other 
arbitrary  number,  and  the  amount,  and  total  the  amounts  only. 

Example  : 

DATE  NO.  AMT. 

* 

JAN.       1.          125      6  5.5  0 
3.  26      4  2.5  5 

1  0  8.  0  5  * 


The  operator  puts  the  "J  A  N."  in  the  left-hand  section,  the  day 
in  the  center  section,  the  125  in  the  section  to  the  left  of 
the  red  line,  and  the  65.50  in  the  section  to  the  right  of  the  red 
line,  and  pulls  the  handle.  We  have  the  item  printed  on, the 
paper  as  shown  above,  and  the  amount  only  shown  on  the  total 
wheels.  The  same  operation  is  repeated  in  putting  in  the  second 
item,  which  prints  on  the  paper  as  above.  The  total  wheels,  how- 
ever, indicate  only  the  total  of  the  amounts.  This  total  can  be 
transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a 
total  of  all  amounts  listed  and  added ;  then  automatically  restores 
the  machine  to  zero. 

Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases 
all  numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then 
correct  an  error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding  to 
the  correct  amount. 


Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral 
keys  which,  when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  col- 
umn. Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by 
depressing  the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column  without  releas- 
ing the  entire  combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down 
the  numeral  keys  when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed 
a  number  of  times. 

Eliminating  Button. 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting 
in  an  amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol 
(#)  is  printed  to  the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from 
the  amounts  that  are  added. 


12^-inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  12^-inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing 
positions  which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewrit- 
ers, and  one  non-spacing  position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be 
tabulated  across  the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  oper- 
ator to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen 
figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on 
sheets  up  to  12*4  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the 
operator  may  print  four  columns  on  sheets  12j4  inches  wide.  The 
width  of  each  column  is  permanently  fixed  at  fifteen  figures  wide. 
This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  fin- 
ishes listing  a  column,  and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet 
back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special  attachment  automatically 
stops  and  locks  the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position  to  print 
the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item  in 
the  preceding  column. 

18-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  18-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing 
frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add 
and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen  figures 
wide,  on  sheets  with  any  vertical  rulings  up  to  18  inches  wide. 
With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list  from 
one  to  six  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  wide,  on  a 
sheet  18  inches  wide.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are 
exactly  like  those  of  the  1254-inch  carriage. 

1054-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  carriage  10)4  inches  wide  to  add  and  list 
from  one  to  three  columns,  of  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  each,  on 
sheets  up  to  10)4  inches  wide. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumu- 
lates "one"  on  separate  dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled 
and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected  by  any  other  operation 
of  the  machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business 
methods  sent  free  upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,   Michigan,   U.    S.   A. 


Evolution  of  the  Adding  Machine 

The  first  practical  idea  of  a  mechanical  device  for  printing  figures 
and  adding  them  at  the  same  time  was  conceived  by  William 
Sevvard  Burroughs,  a  bank  clerk,  in  1882. 

Burroughs  spent  the  years  from  1882  to  1888  in  the  development 
of  his  invention,  during  which  time  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars  were  spent  in  models,  special  tools  and  experimental 
work,  only  to  be  thrown  away  in  the  seemingly  endless  search 
for  mathematical  accuracy  combined  with  utility  and  durability. 

The  enthusiasm  which  led  Burroughs  to  victory  in  spite  of  over- 
whelming obstacles  has  been  described  by  a  member  of  the 
present  Burroughs  organization,  who  said  that:  "He  loved  the 
machine  better  than  he  did  the  dollar.  It  was  never  gotten  up 
simply  to  sell ;  but,  first  of  all,  to  do  its  work  perfectly,  then  it 
was  made  to  last  indefinitely ;  and  then,  of  course,  its  sale  couldn't 
be  stopped." 

Once  the  Burroughs  machine  was  given  a  chance  to  demonstrate 
its  value  in  actual  use,  its  sales  jumped  by  leaps  and  bounds — 
only  1,000  machines  sold  in  the  four  years  from  1891  to  1-895 ; 
1,500  in  the  single  year  1900;  4,445  in  1903— and  13,314  in  1907. 

The  Burroughs  model  factory  in  Detroit  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
industrial  plants  in  the  country,  where  nearly  2,000  employes  work 
under  ideal  conditions  provided  for  their  health  and  comfort. 
This  plant  produces  a  Burroughs  Adding  and  Listing  Machine, 
complete  and  tested  by  a  dozen  different  inspectors,  every  7% 
minutes  of  a  working  day.  To  place  these  machines  in  the 
stores,  shops  and  offices  of  the  business  world  requires  a  selling 
force  comprising  about  300  highly  trained  salesmen  scattered 
throughout  every  corner  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  with 
branch  offices  in  every  large  city. 

There  are  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs — a 
machine  for  every  line  of  business. 

The  Burroughs  comprises  more  than  90  per  cent  of  all  the  adding 
and  listing  machines  in  use. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

jg^! — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
!9oi — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
!Q06 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit — Completed  1906 


24oA-5M-s-o8-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Style  No.  15,  S.  C&  N. 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
Monthly  Statement  Machine  with  Split  and  Normal  Device 

HANDlOR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 
FIRST,  OR  "  NORMAL,  "  POSITION 


DR 

JAN  3 

FEE  1  0 

MAR  2  5 

APR  1  4 


C  R  . 

FEE  1  0 

MAR  1  2 

A  P  R  1  5 


B  AL 


2  4.0  5 
5.  4  0 

1  6  8. 1  5 
7  1.2  6 

2  6  8.  8  6  * 

2  5.00 

1  0  0.  0  0 
7  5.00 

2  0  0.  0  0  * 
6  a  8  6  * 


SECOND,  OR  "SPLIT   I,"  POSITION 


JAH 


J  AH 


PIS 


MAR 


2 

2560 

4675 

5 

1560 

3250 

8 

1635 

4120 

1  1 

1452 

3160 

1  7 

2160 

5490 

2  7 

3100 

6245 

4 

1500 

3765 

9 

1750 

4650 

1  5 

2100 

7500 

2  1 

1340 

6125 

2  5 

1250 

2860 

2  8 

1500 

3755 

21907      55595 


THIRD,  OR  "SPLIT  2,"  POSITION 


2 

135 

16250 

1  0 

142 

3650 

1  6 

1200 

18260 

2  i 

4  5 

7260 

i 

52 

6345 

1  0 

175 

7650 

1  2 

300 

12140 

2  6 

1  5 

2560 

4 

210 

8650 

8 

1  5 

3260 

i  5 

8  0 

3755 

2  3 

6  5 

9215 

98995* 


Style  No.  15 

Special  Monthly  Statement  Machine 

Capacity 
Printing  capacity  JAN31999999999999. 


Split  and  Normal  Device 


9999991999999 

No    Total  |      Add 

999999J999999 

Add    |    Add 

999999  999999 


NORMAL 


Add 


Monthly  Statement  Machine  with  Split  and  Normal  Device 

This  machine  is  divided  into  three  sections.  The  right-hand  sec- 
tion contains  twelve  columns  of  numeral  keys ;  the  center  section 
contains  twelve  Red-top  numeral  keys ;  and  the  left-hand  section 
contains  fourteen  keys  arranged  to  print  abbreviations  for  the 
months,  and  "Debit,"  "Credit,"  and  "Balance." 
In  addition,  the  machine  is  equipped  with  a  Split  and  Normal  de- 
vice, by  which  the  operator  is  enabled,  at  will,  to  split  the  right- 
hand  section  into  two  parts  of  six  columns  of  numeral  keys  each, 
to  add,  list,  and  total  two  columns,  or  to  list  one  column  only,  and 
add,  list,  and  total  in  another  column. 


Split  an'd  Normal  at  "  Normal"  Position 

When  the  Split  and  Normal  device  is  at  the  first,  or  "Normal," 
position  the  operator  is  enabled  to  print  the  months  and  dates  and 
add  and  list  accounts  in  one  column  only. 


Example : 


DATE 


AMT. 


JAN  3 

FEE      1    0 


2  4.0  5 

5.  4  0 

2  9.  4  5  * 

The  operator  presses  the  key  for  "J  A  N"  in  the  left-hand  section, 
the  "3"  key  in  the  center  section,  and  puts  the  item  24.05  in  the 


right-hand  section,  and  pulls  the  handle.  This  item  is  printed  on 
the  paper  as  shown  in  the  above,  and  the  amount,  24.05,  shows  on 
the  total  wheels.  We  repeat  the  process,  putting  in  the  next  item, 
which  is  printed  on  the  paper  as  above,  and  the  total  as  above  of 
the  two  amounts  shows  on  the  total  wheels.  This  total  may  be 
transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Split  and  Normal  at  "Split  1"  Position 

When  the  operator  moves  the  button  to  "Split  1"  position  the 
right-hand  section  of  the  machine  is  split  into  two  parts  of  six  col- 
umns of  figures  each.  While  in  this  position  the  operator  may  put 
in  the  month  and  day,  the  number  of  pieces  or  articles,  and  the 
amount,  adding,  listing,  and  totaling  the  number  of  pieces  and 
amount  with  one  operation  of  the  handle. 

Example : 

DATE  NO.   PC.  AMT. 

* 

JAN       2560    46. 75 
5    1560    32. 50 

4120    7  9. 3  5  * 

The  operator  presses  the  key  for  "J  A  N"  in  the  left-hand  section, 
puts  the  2  in  the  center  section,  putting  the  2560  in  the  section  to 
the  left  of  the  red  line,  and  the  46.75  in  the  section  to  the  right  of 
the  red  line,  and  pulls  the  handle.  The  item  prints  on  the  paper 
as  shown  above,  and  both  the  number  and  the  amount  appear  on 
the  total  wheels.  The  next  item  is  put  in  in  the  same  way  as 
above,  and  the  total  wheels  show  the  totals  as  above  indicated. 
These  totals  may  be  transferred  to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Split  and  Normal  at  "Split  2"  Position 

The  operator  moves  the  button  on  the  Split  and  Normal  device  to 
"Split  2"  position.  By  doing  this  he  prevents  the  machine  from 
adding  and  totaling  in  the  columns  to  the  left  of  the  red  line. 
While  in  this  position  the  operator  is  enabled  to  put  in  the  month 
and  day,  the  number  of  the  package,  or  any  other  arbitrary  num- 
ber, and  the  amount,  and  the  machine  will  total  only  in  the  amount 
columns. 

Example : 

DATE  NO.  AMT. 

T 

JAN       2          135  1  6  2.5  0 

10          142  36.  50 

1  9  9. 0  0  * 


The  operator  puts  "J  A  N"  in  the  left-hand  section,  2  in  the  center 
section,  135  in  the  section  to  the  left  of  the  red  line,  and  162.50  in 
the  section  to  the  right  of  the  red  line,  and  pulls  the  handle.  We 
find  the  item  printed  on  the  paper  as  above,  and  the  total  wheels 
show  only  162.50.  The  next  item  is  then  put  in  in  the  same  way 
and  the  handle  is  pulled.  The  item  prints  on  the  paper  as  above 
indicated,  but  the  total  wheels  show  only  the  total  of  the  amounts, 
as  shown  above.  This  total  may  be  transferred  to  the  paper  in 
the  usual  manner. 


Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a 
total  of  all  amounts  listed  and  added,  and  automatically  restores 
the  machine  to  zero. 


Sub-Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 


Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases 
all  numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then 
correct  an  error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding  to 
the  correct  amount. 


Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral 
keys  which,  when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  col- 
umn. Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by 
depressing  the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  column  without  releas- 
ing the  entire  combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 


Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the 
numeral  keys  when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a 
number  of  times. 


Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting 
in  an  amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol 
(-//•)  is  printed  to  the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from 
the  amounts  that  are  added. 


12^4-inch  Carriage 
Equipped  with  a  l^^-inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing 


positions  which  conform  to  the  spacings  of  all  standard  typewrit- 
ers, and  one  non-spacing  position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be 
tabulated  across  the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the.  oper- 
ator to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  of  from  one  to  fifteen 
figures  each,  on  sheets  with  any  rulings  up  to  I2y^  inches  wide. 
With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  may  print  four  col- 
umns, of  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  each,  on  sheets  up  to  IZ^A 
inches  wide. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  fin- 
ishes listing  a  column,  and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet 
back  to  begin  the  next  column,  a  special  attachment  automatically 
stops  and  locks  the  paper  in  exactly  the  proper  position  to  print 
the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on  a  line  with  the  first  item  in 
the  preceding  column. 

This  automatic  stop,  in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect 
alignment  of  the  first  and  last  items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 


Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  carriage  10^4  inches  wide  to  add  and  list 
from  one  to  three  columns,  of  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  each,  on 
sheets  up  to  10^  inches  wide. 

18-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  18-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing 
frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add 
and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  wide, 
on  sheets  with  any  vertical  rulings  up  to  18  inches  wide.  With 
the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list  from  one  to 
six  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  wide,  on  a  sheet  18 
inches  wide.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are  exactly 
like  those  of  the  IS^-inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates 
"one"  on  separate  dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and 
an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected  by  any  other  operation  of  the 
machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business 
methods  sent  free  upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


Evolution  of  the  Adding  Machine 

The  first  practical  idea  of  a  mechanical  device  for  printing  figures 
and  adding  them  at  the  same  time  was  conceived  by  William 
Seward  Burroughs,  a  bank  clerk,  in  1882. 

Burroughs  spent  the  years  from  1882  to  1888  in  the  development 
of  his  invention,  during  which  time  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars  were  spent  in  models,  special  tools  and  experimental 
work,  only  to  be  thrown  away  in  the  seemingly  endless  search 
for  mathematical  accuracy  combined  with  utility  and  durability. 

The  enthusiasm  which  led  Burroughs  to  victory  in  spite  of  over- 
whelming obstacles  has  been  described  by  a  member  of  the 
present  Burroughs  organization,  who  said  that :  "He  loved  the 
machine  better  than  he  did  the  dollar.  It  was  never  gotten  up 
simply  to  sell ;  but,  first  of  all,  to  do  its  work  perfectly,  then  it 
was  made  to  last  indefinitely ;  and  then,  of  course,  its  sale  couldn't 
be  stopped." 

Once  the  Burroughs  machine  was  given  a  chance  to  demonstrate 
its  value  in  actual  use,  its  sales  jumped  by  leaps  and  bounds — 
only  1,000  machines  sold  in  the  four  years  from  1891  to  1895 ; 
1,500  in  the  single  year  1900;  4,445  in  1903— and  13,314  in  1907. 

The  Burroughs  model  factory  in  Detroit  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
industrial  plants  in  the  country,  where  nearly  2,000  employes  work 
under  ideal  conditions  provided  for  their  health  and  comfort. 
This  plant  produces  a  Burroughs  Adding  and  Listing  Machine, 
complete  and  tested  by  a  dozen  different  inspectors,  every  71/2 
minutes  of  a  working  day.  To  place  these  machines  in  the 
stores,  shops  and  offices  of  the  business  world  requires  a  selling 
force  comprising  about  300  highly  trained  salesmen  scattered 
throughout  every  corner  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  with 
branch  offices  in  every  large  city. 

There  are  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs — a 
machine  for  every  line  of  business. 

The  Burroughs  comprises  more  than  90  per  cent  of  all  the  adding 
and  listing  machines  in  use. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88 — Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889 — First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895 — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904 — 5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit — Completed  1906 


249A-sooo-5-o8-Rog'ers  Adv.  Circ. 


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Style  No.  15 

BURROUGHS 

Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
Hour  and  Minute,  Pay-Roll  and  Cost  Machine 

HAND  OR  ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 


4  755 
5 


7  4 
4 
57 
4  250 

53 
36 
59 
6  4 
50 


2  6  5.  0  0 
2  8  3.  0  0 
2  1  2.  5  1 
2  43.50 

1  8  7.  5  0 

2  5  0. 0  2 

1  8  8. 0  0 

2  8  3.53 

1  5  0.  0  0 

2  1  5.  0  0 
2  8  3.  5  1 
15001 


6  4  120 


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Style  No.  15 

Pay-Roll  and  Cost  Figuring  Machine 

Capacity 
Adding    and    listing   capacity  999995999999999. 

For  Adding,  Listing,  and  Totaling  Hours 
and  Minutes  and  Amounts 

The  machine  is  divided  into  three  sections  by  what  is  termed  permanent 
splits.  The  right-hand  section  is  composed  of  eight  columns  of  numeral 
keys;  the  center,  or  minute,  section  of  two  columns  numbered  to  print  i  to 
59  inclusive;  and  the  left  hand  section  of  two  columns  of  numeral  keys. 
With  this  machine  the  operator  may  add  and  print  hours  and  minutes 
and  dollars  and  cents  at  one  movement  of  the  handle,  automatically 
converting  minutes  into  hours  and  cents  into  dollars. 

Example:     (Suppose  we  have  to  add) — 

HRS.    MIN.  DOL.       CTS. 

* 

4  755  2  6  5.0  0 

5240  283.00 

1  0  035  5  4  8.0  0  * 

We  put  47  in  the  left-hand  section,  55  in  the  center,  and  265.00  in  the 
right-hand  section,  pull  the  handle,  and  we  have  the  amount  printed  on 
the  paper  as  shown  in  the  example,  and  it  shows  on  the  adding  wheels. 
We  then  put  in  the  next  item  in  the  same  way,  but  we  have  the  above 
total  as  above  showing  on  the  adding  wheels.  This  total  can  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  paper  in  the  usual  manner. 

Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "TOTAL"  enables  the  operator  to  print  a  total  of 
all  amounts  listed  and  added;  then  automatically  restores  the  machine 
to  zero. 

Sub -Total  Button 

This  button  marked  "S.  T."  enables  the  operator  to  print  sub-totals 
without  disturbing  the  total,  which  remains  in  the  machine. 

Correction  Button 

Depressing  the  button  marked  "C"  (Correction  Button)  releases  all 
numeral  keys  that  are  depressed,  and  the  operator  can  then  correct  an 
error  by  depressing  the  numeral  keys  corresponding  to  the  correct  amount. 

Separate  Column  Correction  Buttons 

There  is  a  Correction  Button  at  the  top  of  each  column  of  numeral  keys 
which,  when  depressed,  releases  any  numeral  key  in  that  column. 
Thus  the  operator  is  enabled  to  correct  an  error  made  by  depressing 


the  wrong  numeral  key  in  any  coluxna  /withp'tft;  relea^rig'«trier"«tentire 
combination  of  figures  of  an  item. 

Repeat  Button 

The  button  marked  "R"  (Repeat  Button)  is  used  to  lock  down  the 
numeral  keys  when  the  same  amount  is  to  be  added  and  listed  a  number 
of  times. 

Eliminating  Button 

When  this  button  marked  "E"  is  depressed  at  the  time  of  putting  in  an 
amount,  the  latter  is  printed  but  not  added,  and  a  symbol  (-//-)  is  printed  to 
the  right  of  the  amount  to  distinguish  it  from  the  amounts  that  areadded. 

12T^-inch  Carriage 

Equipped  with  a  i2^-inch  carriage  with  three  horizontal  spacing  posi- 
tions which  conform  to  the  spacings  on  all  standard  typewriters,  and  one 
non-spacing  position  so  amounts  or  numbers  may  be  tabulated  across 
the  sheet. 

The  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable  stop-bar  enable  the  operator  to 
add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  wide, 
located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets  up  to  12%  inches 
wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  may  print  ten  columns 
on  sheets  12%  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column  is  permanently 
fixed  at  fifteen  figures. 

This  style  of  carriage  is  so  arranged  that  when  the  operator  finishes  listing 
a  column,  and  shifts  the  carriage  and  rolls  the  sheet  back  to  begin  the  next 
column,  a  special  attachment  automatically  stops  and  locks  the  paper  in 
exactly  the  proper  position  to  print  the  first  item  in  the  second  column  on 
a  line  with  the  first  item  in  the  preceding  column.  This  automatic  stop, 
in  connection  with  the  bell,  insures  perfect  alignment  of  the  first  and  last 
items  of  all  columns  of  figures. 

10X-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  a  carriage  10^  inches  wide  to  add  and  list  from  one  to  three 
columns,  of  from  one  to  fifteen  figures  each,  on  sheets  up  to  10^  inches  wide. 

18-inch  Carriage 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  i8-inch  carriage  with  an  open  printing  frame  and  adjustable 
stop-bar,  which  enable  the  operator  to  add  and  list  one  or  more  columns,  each  from 
one  to  fifteen  figures  wide,  located  according  to  any  vertical  rulings,  and  on  sheets 
up  to  1 8  inches  wide.  With  the  permanent  stop-bar  the  operator  can  add  and  list 
from  one  to  six  columns  on  a  sheet  18  inches  wide.  The  width  of  each  column  is 
permanently  fixed  at  fifteen  figures.  Otherwise  the  features  of  this  carriage  are 
exactly  like  those  of  the  \2%-inch  carriage. 

Item  Counter 

Can  be  equipped  with  an  item  counter.  This  device  accumulates  "one"  on  separate 
dial  wheels  each  time  the  handle  is  pulled  and  an  item  is  added,  but  is  not  affected 
by  any  other  operation  of  the  machine. 

Business  Forms 

Forms  showing  how  machines  can  be  applied  to  your  business  methods  sent  free 
upon  application  to 

Department  S 

BURROUGHS  ADDING  MACHINE  COMPANY 

Detroit,  Michigan,  U.  S.  A. 


::.-''. 


Old  Boyer  Machine  Shop 
where  first  Burroughs  were  built  in  1888 


Burroughs  Statistics 

1882 — Machine  conceived. 

1882-88— Development  of  inventions.     Cost  of  first  machine   $300,000. 
1889  —  First  machine  marketed. 

1891 — First  150  machines  recalled  and  destroyed  by  inventor. 
1891  to  1895  — 1,000  machines  manufactured  and  sold. 
1896  to  1900 — 4,754  manufactured  and  sold. 
1900 — 1,500  manufactured  and  sold. 
1901 — 2,121  manufactured  and  sold. 
1902 — 3,162  manufactured  and  sold. 
1903 — 4,445  manufactured  and  sold. 
1904  —  5,088  manufactured  and  sold. 
1905 — 7,804  manufactured  and  sold. 
1906 — 11,262  manufactured  and  sold. 
1907 — 13,314  manufactured  and  sold. 

Building  58  different  and  distinct  styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and  List- 
ing Machines — one  for  every  line  of  business. 
Over  65,000  Burroughs  in  daily  use. 
Capital  stock  $5,000,000. 
Nearly  300  men  in  sales  force  alone. 
Nearly  100  Branch  Offices  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Over  2,300  employees. 


Burroughs  Model  Factory  in  Detroit— Completed  1906 


236A-sM-i-o8-Rogers  Adv.  Circ. 


Keyboard  Plan  of 
Style  No.  6 


Any  Burroughs  from  6 
to  15  columns  capacity 
may  be  equipped  with  an 
electric  drive  at  the  time 
of  ordering  machine. 


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man  ought  to  be  employed  at  a  task 
which  a  machine  can  perform." 

— President  Eliot,  of  Harvard. 

And  as  the  man's  time  increases  in  value  it  is  un- 
profitable for  him  to  even  pull  a  handle,  when  he  can 
accomplish  the  same  result  by  pressing  the  touch-bar 
on  a  Burroughs  Electric  Adding  and  Listing  Machine. 

The  application  of  electricity  to  the 
Burroughs  Adding  Machine  has  practically 
doubled  the  already  great  saving  of  time 
effected  by  its  use.  Where  the  hand-ope- 
rated machine  will  save  from  one-third  to 
one-half  the  time  required  to  take  off  a 
trial  balance  by  the  old  methods,  the  Bur- 
roughs electric  will  save  half  as  much  again 
by  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  opera- 
tor at  the  same  time  that  it  cuts  down  the 
effort  required  to  operate  it 

The  Burroughs  saves  money  for  its 
owner — hundreds  of  business  men  admit 
that — because  it  saves  time.  The  Bur- 
roughs electric,  saving  more  time  and  more 
labor,  is  finding  favor  with  bookkeepers 
and  clerks  in  the  office  as  well  as  with  the 
owner  of  the  machine. 

It  costs  little  to  operate  the  electric 
machine.  The  motors  are  built  to  operate 
on  any  electric  lighting  circuit,  alternating 
or  direct,  and  consume  practically  no  more 
current  than  a  16  candle  power  lamp. 

That  Burroughs  machines  are  durable, 
the  fact  that  in  seventeen  years  nobody  has 
ever  seen  a  worn-out  Burroughs  proves. 
That  durability  is  equally  a  feature  of  the 
electric  machine,  for  the  Burroughs  elec- 
tric is  a  Burroughs  of  any  regular  con- 
struction, equipped  with  motor  and  posi- 
tive action  clutch  mechanism.  This,  how- 
ever, does  not  interfere  with  the  use  of  the 
machine  where  current  is  not  available,  or 
in  case  the  motor  gives  out,  for  the  ma- 
chine may  be  instantly  changed  to  hand 
operation  by  the  insertion  of  the  handle. 


When  a  Burroughs  Electric  Ma- 
chine leaves  the  Factory,  it  has  under- 
gone satisfactorily  a  more  severe  test 
of  every  part  than  can  possibly  be 
given  it  in  actual  use. 

The  illustration  shows  a  Burroughs 
Electric  which  had  all  the  nine  keys  locked 
down,  the  touch-bar  lashed  down  with  cord, 
and  the  current  switched  on  for  a  constant 
endurance  test  of  24  hours  a  day  for  18 
days.  It  was  run  at  a  speed  of  160  strokes 
a  minute,  and  ran  for  4,147,200  strokes 
without  a  stop,  adding  and  listing 
9,999,999.99  at  each  stroke.  The  motor 
bearings  were  not  even  heated  by  this  ex- 
treme test,  and  the  machine  was  ready  to 
repeat  the  performance  at  once. 


This  Machine  was  run  continuously  for  432  hours,  f*or 
4,147,200  strokes,  without  heating  or  injury. 


WHAT  FIVE  USERS   SAY  ABOUT   IT 

THE  ARMOUR  GLUE  WORKS, 

Chicago,  Illinois.  March  13,  1908. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  the  15 -column  machine,  elec- 
tric motor  attached,  which  we  bought  from  you  in  August,  1907, 
while  it  has  not  been  subjected  to  severe  treatment,  has  been  in 
constant  use,  and  has  given  excellent  satisfaction.. 

We  should  estimate  that  the  electric  motor  saves  not  less  than 
one-third  in  time  of  operator  over  the  hand-lever  machine,  and  is 
vastly  easier  to  operate.  Our  experience  with  this  machine  has  been 
very  satisfactory.  M.  GREEN. 

THE  PHELPS  PUBLISHING  CO., 

Homestead  Building,  Springfield,  Mass.  March  13,  1908. 

Replying  to  your  inquiry  of  March  10,  we' beg  to  advise  you 
that  our  business  department  receives,  during  the  busy  season,  about 
5,000  letters  daily,  containing  cash  enclosures  ranging  from  $2.00 
down  to  10  cents.  While  a  certain  percentage  of  these  enclosures 
is  in  cash  and  stamps,  we  could  estimate  the  daily  listing  of  checks 
and  money  orders  at  about  3,500.  These  letters  are  handled  once 
through  your  machine,  checks  and  money  orders  twice;  in  this 
branch  of  our  accounting  division  is  the  greatest  use  of  the  machine. 
Therefore,  taking  into  consideration  the  foregoing,  and  the  fact  that 
the  listing  seldom  goes  beyond  the  units  of  dollars,  we  do  not  think 
there  is  any  comparison  between  the  electric-drive  machine  and  the 
handle  machine.  We  should  without  hesitation  answer  your  ques- 
tions a  and  &,  yes;  the  question  £,  we  would  say  that  the  electric- 
drive  gives  fully  as  satisfactory  service  as  the  handle  machine.  We 
thoroughly  believe  that  the  argument  is  all  in  favor  of  the  electric- 
drive  machine.  PHELPS  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 

C.  M.  Hill,  Ass't  Treas. 

GREENVILLE  BANKING  &  TRUST  CO., 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.  March  13,   1908. 

It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  say  a  word  in  praise  of  the  Bur- 
roughs Electric  Adding  Machine.  We  have  had  one  in  use  for 
about  a  year,  and  find  it  a  great  improvement  over  the  hand  ma- 
chine. Not  only  does  the  machine  give  most  excellent  service,  but 
your  Company  has  taken  good  care  of  us  as  a  customer,  and  given 
every  request  your  immediate  attention. 

EDWARD  S.  PIERSON,  President. 

ATLANTA  &  WEST  POINT  RAILWAY  CO., 

THE  WESTERN  RAILWAY  OF  ALABAMA, 

Montgomery,  Ala.  March  14,  1908. 

Regarding  use  of  the  Burroughs  Electric  Adding  and  Listing 
Machine  at  this  station,  I  beg  to  advise  that  the  same  is  giving  very 
satisfactory  service  and  that  it  is  a  big  improvement  over  the  hand 
machine,  as  it  is  much  faster  and  a  great  deal  of  time  is  saved  in 
that  respect.  W.  H.  HUNTER,  Agent. 

THE  GODDARD  GROCERY  CO., 

413-415  South  Seventh  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.        March  13,  1908. 

Our  Burroughs  Electric  Adding  Machine  we  have  now  been 
using  about  three  years,  and  are  well  pleased  with  its  work. 

It  gives  us  perfect  satisfaction,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  recom- 
mending it.  THE  GODDARD  GROCERY  COMPANY, 

G.  H.  Fox,  Treasurer. 


There  Are  Over  58  Burroughs 
Hand  or  Electric 

THERE  are  58  different  and  distinct 
styles  of  Burroughs  Adding  and 
Listing  Machines,  capable  of  over 
200  combinations — a  special  machine  for 
every  line  of  business — and  any  one  of 
them  will  be  furnished  with  electric  drive 
when  so  ordered.  In  other  words,  the 
Burroughs  Electric  is  not  a  special  style  of 
Burroughs  machine.  It  is  any  Burroughs 
machine,  with  the  addition  of  the  electric 
drive,  and  may  be  operated  with  the  han- 
dle, if  desired,  at  an  instant's  notice. 

The  Burroughs  "long  line"  offers  any  ca- 
pacity desired,  from  9,999.99  in  the  No.  6  machine 
to  999,999,999,999,999  in  the  No-  I5- 

The  Burroughs  may  be  equipped  with  car- 
riage for  any  width  of  paper,  from  a  narrow  roll  to  a 
broad  ruled  sheet  I  8  inches  wide. 

The  Burroughs  automatically  adds  fractions 
into  whole  numbers,  inches  into  feet,  pounds  into 
bushels,  etc. 

The  Burroughs  may  be  furnished  to  print 
words  or  letters,  trade  abbreviations,  etc.,  in  connec- 
tion with  amounts.  The  larger  sizes  of  Burroughs  may 
be  arranged  to  list  and  add  two,  three,  or  four  separate 
columns  of  figures  independently  at  the  same  time. 

The  Burroughs  will  make  out  monthly  state- 
ments. It  will  print  dates,  numbers,  credits,  etc.,  in 
a  different  color  if  desired — in  fact,  its  variations  are 
as  limitless  as  the  requirements  of  the  business  world, 
and  it  is  in  daily  use  in  every  line  of  commerce,  in- 
dustry, and  finance. 


More  than  96  per  cent  of  all 
electric  adding  machines  in  use 
are  Burroughs. 


Operation  of  the 
Burroughs  Electric 

IN  CONSIDERING  the  Burroughs  Electric  and  its  operation, 
it  is   necessary  to    remember  that   it  comprises  three  distinct 

mechanisms,  each  representing  the  highest  development  in  its 

particular  class: 

First,  of  course,  the  Burroughs  Adding  and  Listing  Machine 
itself,  representing  the  fruit  of  years  of  constant  development  and 
improvement,  and  considered  by  mechanical  engineers  the  finest 
mechanism  of  the  kind  ever  devised. 

There  is  no  difference  between  the  regular  hand-operated  Bur- 
roughs and  the  Electric,  except  for  the  addition  of  the  Touch-Bar 
and  other  parts  required  to  connect  the  motor  to  the  machine.  Any 
Burroughs  Electric  is  ready  for  hand  operation  at  any  time. 

Second,  an  Electric  Motor  of  the  highest  type,  built  especi- 
ally for  the  Burroughs  machine,  after  our  own  rigid  specifications  to 
meet  the  somewhat  exacting  requirements  of  an  adding  machine. 

Third,  the  Burroughs  positive  Drive  Mechanism,  which  acts 
as  the  connecting  link  between  the  motor  and  the  adding  machine. 
When  the  Touch-bar  on  the  Burroughs  key  board  is  pressed,  ever 
so  lightly,  the  power  of  the  motor  is  applied'  instantly  and  positively 
to  the  machine. 

The  Motor  — Burroughs  motors  are  built  by  the  best  elec- 
trical manufacturers  to  certain  specifications  of  our  own,  adapting 
them  especially  to  the  requirements  of  the  Burroughs  Adding  and 
Listing  Machine.  We  make  certain  that  each  motor  does  meet 
these  requirements,  by  a  rigid  series  of  tests  carried  on  in  our  elec- 
trical testing  room. 

Any  Commercial  Current  — We  supply  motors  equipped 
for  any  of  the  varying  forms  of  commercial  current  furnished  by  any 
public,  municipal,  or  private  plant — direct  or  alternating  current — 
and  each  motor  is  thoroughly  tested  out  on  the  particular  form  of 
current  for  which  it  is  intended.  Thus,  whether  we  ship  a  machine 
to  a  lonely  mine  in  Colorado  or  to  a  busy  counting-room  in  London, 
we  know  that  the  motor  is  ready  for  operation  as  soon  as  it  reaches 
its  destination. 

Economy  of  Operation — Burroughs  motors  are  adapted 
in  size  to  the  work  they  are  intended  to  perform,  without  waste  of 
current — which  is  money.  The  motor  rating  required  for  each  of 
the  various  sizes  of  Burroughs  machines  has  been  carefully  deter- 
mined. The  motor  attached  to  each  machine  has  ample  power  to 
operate  that  machine  continuously  at  the  highest  speed  of  which  the 
machine  is  capable.  To  use  a  motor  of  greater  power  than  this 
would  mean  a  waste  for  the  purchaser,  since  it  would  consume  more 
current  without  any  difference  in  the  service  rendered. 

The  "Pull"  °f  tne  Burroughs  machine  is  exactly  the  same 
at  all  times,  regardless  of  the  work  it  is  doing.  Therefore,  the 
"load"  on  the  motor  is  constant.  It  makes  no  difference  whether 
the  keys  are  depressed  in  one  column  or  all  the  columns.  Adding 
and  listing  a  column  of  large  amounts,  such  as  $9,999,999  99, 
requires  no  more  effort  than  little  items  of  one  or  two  cents  each. 
This  is  proven  by  actual  tests.  So  we  know  just  how  much  power 
is  required  to  operate  the  machine  all  the  time,  and  the  sizes  of  the 
motors  are  arranged  accordingly. 

The  Touch -Bar — The  Touch-Bar,  which  governs  the 
entire  operation  of  the  Burroughs  Electric  after  the  operator  has 
depressed  the  proper  keys,  is  mounted  on  the  light-hand  edge  of  the 
key-board,  level  with  the  tops  of  the  keys,  and  extending  nearly 
the  full  height  of  the  key-board,  after  the  manner  of  the  spacing- 
bar  on  a  modern  typewriter,  so  that  it  may  be  struck  without  atten- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  operator. 


BURROUGHS     ELECTRIC 

Continuous  Operation — The  Touch-Bar  responds  to  the 
slightest  pressure.  Being  directly  alongside  the  key-board,  the  hand 
travels  from  the  keys  to  the  bar  and  back  again  without  interrup- 
tion. This  means  continuous  operation  and  great  speed,  one  hand 
being  entirely  free  to  manage  the  book  or  papers  from  which 
amounts  are  being  listed. 

Change  to  Hand  Operation — The  Burroughs  Electric 
is  the  only  adding  machine  that  is  changeable  instantly  from  an  elec- 
tric to  a  hand-operated  machine,  and  vice- versa.  In  case  the  current 
fails,  it  take  but  an  instant  to  insert  the  handle  in  place,  which  com- 
pletes the  entire  operation  of  changing  it  to  a  hand  machine. 

A  Safeguard — With  the  handle  in  place,  the  machine  may 
be  operated  by  hand,  even  while  the  current  is  turned  on.  But  it  is 
impossible  to  operate  the  machine  by  electricity  until  the  handle  is  re- 
moved. This  is  one  case  of  a  good  rule  that  does  not  work  both  ways. 

Automatic  Speed  Control — No  matter  how  much  power 
is  applied,  the  Burroughs  cannot  run  beyond  a  fixed  speed,  because 
the  machine  is  always  under  the  control  of  the  Burroughs  Auto- 
matic Governor  This  Governor  is  placed  in  every  Burroughs — 
hand  or  electric — to  limit  its  speed  to  about  1 20  strokes  per  minute 
— or  at  the  rate  of  two  strokes  per  second — which  is  far  beyond  the 
capacity  of  the  fastest  operator. 

Interchangeability — All  parts  of  the  Burroughs  machine 
are  made  interchangeable,  and  this  applies  to  the  Motors.  In  case  the 
owner  changes  his  location,  or  for  any  other  reason  finds  it  necessary 
to  use  a  different  form  of  current,  the  motor  may  be  slipped  out  of 
its  casing  and  shipped  to  the  Burroughs  Factory  in  exchange  for  one 
to  fit  the  new  requirements.  In  making  this  change  it  is  necessary 
only  to  unfasten  four  screws  and  one  small  bolt  in  the  casing. 

Expense  for  Current — Based  on  an  average  price  of  1 6 
cents  per  unit  (1,000  watts),  the  cost  of  operating  a  nine-column 
Burroughs  machine  is  less  than  one  and  one-third  cents  per  hour.  ^ 


Operated  in  Any  Position 


Burroughs 
ELECTRIC 

Adding  and  Listing 
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